Just finished reading Unsong by Scott Alexander. What a pure genius book.
http://unsongbook.com/
"Hegel believed that freedom is best nurtured through a constitutional monarchy. The monarch (in his case Frederick William III) embodies the spirit and desires of the governed, who have now become free. Hegel thus declares his own Prussian society the final stage of the development of the consciousness of freedom."
I didn't know what; quite lame for Hegel.
> "[..] When are we truly free? When our choices are based on “the social ethos of an organic community,” says Singer, interpreting Hegel."
Maybe I should try reading actual Lacan, rather than other people's interpretations of his theories.
"the Self is the fetishized illusion of a substantial core of subjectivity where, in reality, there is nothing."
https://bigthink.com/postcards-from-zizek/slavoj-zizek-on-buddhism-and-the-self
@k_jungle Sure! I'd be interested in that.
@xochipilli I didn't know about Psychopolitics! Looks interesting from the blurb. I think The Burnout Society focuses more on the society effects and current status. It talks about things other the burnout actually, it seems the English translated title is not very good. I read a more accurate would be "Society of tiredness"
@alcmene Indeed, it seems to be spot on
I've started reading the The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han, and it's just brilliant! Highly recommended, even though I'm still in the beginning
https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=25725
@alcmene Intriguing! I should take a look into this book.
Transgression in Marriage and Orgy, Chapter 10 of Bataille's 'Erotism: Death and Sensuality.' 😳
Lots of concise insights about Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit:
https://old.reddit.com/r/askphilosophy/comments/camcda/hegels_phenomenology_of_spirit_a_couple_questions/et9sw4g/
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