24th August, 2004
Libertarian
Tuesday, 5:50 pm in Archive
The thing that really strikes me as being ironic about Constant’s theory of ancient and modern liberty is how neatly it fits into the deeper philosphical underpinnings of “Corner” (you know; the ones that don’t exist except in your mind).
Ancient liberty was essentially freedom by subsuming the self to the social whole; the freedom to self-govern. Modern liberty is the opposite; the liberty to be an individual free of interference from the society. It’s “serve in Heaven, reign in Hell” argued out a bit less emotivley.
It also parallels the progression of the character of the Dying God (the liberal and ethical thinking of this time were very wrapped up in deistic notions of God and spiritual perfection through disinterested social acts).
Hmm… Who needs a populist hack like Baudrillard when you’ve got an ugly Reformation cripple with a gambling problem to rip off?
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Hey, I hope this is the same person that is interested inthe reviewer position. I tried the email that you gave me (spacelab@void…) but it is timing out. I can’t find which LJ post you replied to otherwise I would have sent you a message via that. Please email me again with a working address. Thanks!
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That’s interesting… Sounds like whatever you’re sending is getting caught in SpamAssassin (since @void-star.net mail is working). Goddamn spam. >_O
Try using ab71[at]uow[dot]edu[dot]au (university address) or alisonb[at]internode[dot]on[dot]net (ISP). These are my ‘IRL’ addresses which I’ve managed to keep spam-free, so hopefully they should work.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
