FS & Praxis

[Jim Rovira]

Dear Matt P:

Ever see "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"?

My memory may be a bit off, but it seems like Susan Buck-Morss' _The Origins of
Negative Dialectic_ related a description by members of the FS of Naziism as a
combination of irrationalism and "the reign of administrative reason,"
"administrative reason" being, I suppose, the mechanism propogating and
institutionalizing an essential irrationalism.

Jim

matthew piscioneri wrote:

> It's all about sitting down talking, re-talking, listening and re-listening
> etc. Put simply, communicative reason has a poor showing at the box office.
> Given the bloodiness of the last 200 centuries, a little bit of boringness
> might go a long way. The worst outcome of communicative reason will be
> ushering in of the reign of administrative reason. God forbid. Quick Eugene.
> Sharpen the axe.
>
> Regards,
>
> MattP