[FRA:] Adorno/Fromm

[FREDWELFARE at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/27/2005 5:36:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
mpiscioneri at hotmail.com writes:

sense  there are cracks in the patriarchy. Could something of a 
public/private,  north/south distinction be applicable? Probably the cracks run more along  
class lines.
Horkheimer in Critical Theory, 1968, see chapter on Authority and the  
Family, explains the position of the mother-wife in the family in terms of  
dependence upon her husband, he states, "Because the woman bows to the laws of  the 
patriarchal family, she becomes an instrument for maintaining authority in  this 
society."  I am ripping this quote out of its context which is very  rich in 
description and explanation of the cultural and  historical context.  That men 
do not revolt but instead adapt and that  women are primarily dependent on 
men are two pertinent aspects.  But, this  was 1968.  Susan Faludi wrote 
Backlash which contains a distinctively  different view about current events.  
Between these two views, the actual  "mechanisms" that lead to marriage and family 
still seem either camouflaged or  hidden.  One correction to your post above, 
why I copied it, is that class  should always be read as lineage as well.  
Between socioeconomic,  geographic, and ethnic differences, I wouldn't know where 
to begin such an  analysis, but I wonder if there isn't at least a 
periodically delimited field  that no longer exists but that did address this problem.  
BTW, Benjamin  mentions fetish in the context of souvenir as the remainder of a 
dead  experience!
 
FredW