karl marx: many faces
The many faces of Karl Marx: Prophet, historian, newspaperman, revolutionary, philosopher, fond papa- all thse faces were his, and one other; that is, the romantic idealist exhorting man to triumph...
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…Not only friends, of course, but also family must be rejected by the ascetic revolutionary. Existing family relations, and the ties binding an individual to them, must be ruthlessly broken. As Hegel...
View Articlerevolution blues: learning to hate liberals
…Almost always, the revolutionary who loves Humanity cannot abide its visible representatives. It is as if they loved Humanity because they hate human beings… Obviously, no single individual will...
View Articlerevolution: all work and no play for lenin
…Lenin came to exercise enormous control over his emotions. He spurned all kinds of softness and spontaneity. Even his marriage was a “revolutionary” one to a fellow conspirator… Any pleasure that...
View Articlerevolution: lenin and libidinal ties
…Two incidents dramatically illustrate Lenin’s efforts to free himself from libidinal ties. The first occurred around 1900 and involved Plekhanov, Lenin’s revered mentor in Marxism. In a power struggle...
View Articlelenin: vices of spontaneity and softness
…Lenin came to exercise enormous control over his emotions. He spurned all signs of softness and spontaneity. Even his marriage was a “revolutionary” one to a fellow conspirator… The second incident...
View Articlelenin: guarding the torment
…It was Lenin’s hardness, his character as an ascetic revolutionary, that to a significant extent attracted his small group of fellow conspirators and propelled this extraordinary minority into the...
View Articlelenin: gandhi complex
…Lenin however, had learned well from his earlier experiences. In general, he knew how to keep his emotions “to himself,” to “keep a stone in one’s sling,” and to regard all persons “without...
View Articlemao: ascetic revolutionary
…The image Mao presented to his followers was that of a libidoless leader. He taught the youth of China that love…is a “psychosomatic activity which consumes energy and wastes time.”… …In both the West...
View Articlemao: little red book of libido
The image Mao presented to his followers was that of the libidoless leader. He taught the youth of China that love…is a “psychosomatic activity which consumes energy and wastes time.”… …Whatever the...
View Articlekarl marx: many faces
The many faces of Karl Marx: Prophet, historian, newspaperman, revolutionary, philosopher, fond papa- all thse faces were his, and one other; that is, the romantic idealist exhorting man to triumph...
View Articlerevolution: what is to be done?
…Not only friends, of course, but also family must be rejected by the ascetic revolutionary. Existing family relations, and the ties binding an individual to them, must be ruthlessly broken. As Hegel...
View Articlerevolution blues: learning to hate liberals
…Almost always, the revolutionary who loves Humanity cannot abide its visible representatives. It is as if they loved Humanity because they hate human beings… Obviously, no single individual will...
View Articlerevolution: all work and no play for lenin
…Lenin came to exercise enormous control over his emotions. He spurned all kinds of softness and spontaneity. Even his marriage was a “revolutionary” one to a fellow conspirator… Any pleasure that...
View Articlerevolution: lenin and libidinal ties
…Two incidents dramatically illustrate Lenin’s efforts to free himself from libidinal ties. The first occurred around 1900 and involved Plekhanov, Lenin’s revered mentor in Marxism. In a power struggle...
View Articlelenin: vices of spontaneity and softness
…Lenin came to exercise enormous control over his emotions. He spurned all signs of softness and spontaneity. Even his marriage was a “revolutionary” one to a fellow conspirator… The second incident...
View Articlelenin: guarding the torment
…It was Lenin’s hardness, his character as an ascetic revolutionary, that to a significant extent attracted his small group of fellow conspirators and propelled this extraordinary minority into the...
View Articlelenin: gandhi complex
…Lenin however, had learned well from his earlier experiences. In general, he knew how to keep his emotions “to himself,” to “keep a stone in one’s sling,” and to regard all persons “without...
View Articlemao: ascetic revolutionary
…The image Mao presented to his followers was that of a libidoless leader. He taught the youth of China that love…is a “psychosomatic activity which consumes energy and wastes time.”… …In both the West...
View Articlemao: little red book of libido
The image Mao presented to his followers was that of the libidoless leader. He taught the youth of China that love…is a “psychosomatic activity which consumes energy and wastes time.”… …Whatever the...
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