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The Fetishist
#31: Did not know, russl--are you sure of that? de Sade wanted his stuff out there--was it because he was locked up when he wrote it? #32: I know, Pete. I was just answering for myself, as part of the 'everyone' you were asking--rhetorically :) So what do you mean by Freud being underrated? The general public seems to have a passing understanding of the concepts of "Freudian slip" and of the idea of the Oedipal, etc.--if not a complex understanding. The only psychoanalyst to infiltrate public consciousness in that way--and he's been long dead--though along with Nietsche and Marx, seen as one of the great thinkers of the 19th century. I would say that Freud got a bad rap in academics for quite a while--in cultural studies, they still teach that his was a sexist, Imperialist agenda. Sure, whose wasn't back then? At any rate, we have to take our Freud with a grain of salt, but his concepts will always be useful. I think the book you would TOTALLY dig, Pete, is Civilization and its Discontents. He was dying from jaw cancer from all those cigars (that were apparently NOT just cigars), and wrote out his bleak predictions for the human race--as he defined it, human race would be white Euro-America, of course. :)— October 5, 2009 11:14 p.m.
A tour of San Diego alleys
She's a workin' and a studyin'!! I slept from 2pm to 10pm, like a vampire bat, and now I'm ready to play, Puppy. Whatcha think of our nifty new blog comments page, thanks to Fish? :)— October 5, 2009 11:05 p.m.
Saving George Washington
Nan romanced us with: "change with limited pain and suffering and many willing hamsters who worked for sunflower flavored seed postage stamps to run the wheels inside my mother board learn French and eventually ran away with a hard drive from Quebec" I totally want to grow up to be Nan! Post office comment: My carrier says they will now be able to pick up packages from residences. Yay! Just pay and print your label online. I guess we can use a home scale to weigh them?— October 5, 2009 10:57 p.m.
Saving George Washington
This is totally awesome! Thanks Reader! It's cute how we can see our little icons there, too--but scary if you comment a LOT. May change my avatar :)— October 5, 2009 10:35 p.m.
Saving George Washington
What? will check it out!!!— October 5, 2009 10:31 p.m.
Saving George Washington
Whoa, a new fish. Will read forthwith. Oh, and nan. You have to create a whole wall of scrabbles on either side for that to work. Otherwise, you are just peeping out behind, say, a piece of cyber-paper. Wall up! :)— October 5, 2009 10:30 p.m.
A tour of San Diego alleys
Hey fishikins. Good eveeennninggng :)— October 5, 2009 10:28 p.m.
The Fetishist
Right! For an exhaustive catalog of every type of fetish at work and play, in the form of a relentless machine of possible fetishes, yes. For metacommentary on fetish, better to go with Freud and some psychoanalysis ;)— October 5, 2009 1:58 p.m.
The Fetishist
"A truly bodacious, excellent dude, I'm sure." Or a Rasputin-like court intrigue-ing, poisoner type, I'm sure. :) Pete, I hate to disappoint you, but I'm not a fetishist. Sure, there are many kinds of fetish, but there is a big difference between common fantasy and the phenomenon of the fetish, as a kind of libidinal fixation, rooted in childhood trauma or some 'originary' event. I recommend reading some Freud--Beyond the Pleasure Principle and the case studies of "History of an Infantile Neurosis" for more on this.— October 5, 2009 12:21 p.m.
Dreams of National Parks and Nostalgia
"Thanks Ken Burns!" It was on all week chez us, too. That theme music got a little old! Should have set up a drinking game, for every time the word "democracy" came up :)— October 5, 2009 9:16 a.m.