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rick's lecture on wed was just brilliant. i have such a rush of feelings when i hear things like that....
it was really interesting how he said that hegel was most successful at the reversal where the singular is *nothing* without the universal and then he talked about workers voting for reagan... it is one of the most painful enigmas--people embracing the interests of their oppressors--and i think there are so many attempted answers to that (ignorance, psychoanalytic 'answers', nietzschean 'answers', and of course false consciousness in marx, etc). yes, back in the day i actually thought that those with physical disabilities are bound to be progressive and inclusive, but that was such nonsense. as usual, i'm with ophir here because this was entirely true for me personally: i was different--worse really--when i could not recognize the socially constructed (produced) aspect of suffering and damage. that one recognition changed so many things for me.
also, did you hear how he said that we can judge what the kids today call 'events'? omg!
it was also striking what he said about happiness being more than mere survival... because i'm so tired of fighting for survival. i am so very, very tired.