Either way, and regardless of whether it is about control or the refinement of one’s taste, it is ultimately a trek into absurdism, and once we trek into absurdism, it becomes solely a matter of coping with the absurdism, which is of course easier said than done.
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Twelfth Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
Either taste, or control. Establishing an asymmetry of power and maintaining it, given that there can never be a consensus on anything whatsoever. Either pleasure or power. It’s one or the other when it comes to our overriding factor and main determinant of social reality. And in terms of meaning and purpose, there is no … Continue reading Twelfth Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
Eleventh Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
To put it simply, the basic fact of the matter is that there can never be a consensus on anything, let alone these questions which we have posed over the course of time, and if there is no consensus to be reached or had on anything whatsoever, then our philosophical and theoretical exercise and project … Continue reading Eleventh Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
Tenth Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
And if we were to perhaps go one step past our individual and personal class bias and class situation as a lens or a prism through which we assess and analyze abstract and theoretical dilemmas and issues, from a purely utilitarian standpoint - or in terms of means and ends or goals and strategies - … Continue reading Tenth Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
Ninth Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
And given this “complex divergence” that is taking root between what are essentially the haves and the have nots of the world - it is not even about religion in the very end; religion merely plays the role of a dependent variable in this whole mix or scheme - it becomes a question of how … Continue reading Ninth Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
Adam A. Azim 