“the movement he(#GeorgeSorel) inspired was novel in its vision…especially with the recognition of alternative paths to a ‘society of heroes’ and the possibility of bridging the gaps among a variety of movements engaged in the same pursuit.” 🧐 1/5

#GeorgeSorel Myth is “used by Sorel in his development of the…belief system by which a ruling elite weld…people into a coherent whole”. Mito is also translated as “ideal”,a “utopian dream” of “philosophy taking possession of the masses” & “a dictatorship of Platonic Guardians”

“Many possessed by…heroic utopia can slide from one ideal to another, relatively indifferent to the content of the utopia.” “There was, of course, no final conquest because the utopia lay in the conflict itself.” Sorel’s utopia is a “death-and-resurrection fantasy for mankind”

“They saw through mirrors to the inner truth of themselves”, “were wiser in their generation…they have seized upon the schools and universities”, a “militant Chosen People”. A “new religion of heroic combat is being imposed upon the youth”, “turning the children against parent”

Haven't note posted in a while but I recently had a conversation with someone about how believing people can change sexes can't come from anyone that isn't "stupid." It's actually the people who love ideas, abstraction, and information who are the most susceptible. How do you come to believe men can become women and vice versa? To hold a decision so antithetical to reality? Well it doesn't come as the first choice, it comes as a natural consequence of understanding or believing something "more complicated" or profound such that the foundational belief of sex can't hold what is touted as something brilliant anymore. So, it's done away with abstractly. You can keep the idea of sex essentialism as an existing concept while also negating its value as something to be upheld as an infinite truth. And there you have the smart person's version of denying reality through something "higher and more perceptive." This is basically what is referred to as "Aufheben." Higher understanding comes from recreationally complex analysis - the same mechanism that can make you understand complex things can also make you UN-understand basic realities. It's like an obsession with understanding perfectly, of which, as you can see here, is extremely fun and addictive to people who love ideas.

Washington SEL Implementation Brief “cultivate students’ critical, social, and political consciousness.3” #LadsonBillings #CRT #CriticalPedagogy #CriticalConsciousness