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I. Apocalyptic & Integrated Intellectuals (Patreon)

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2025-09-06 04:27:28
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Starting with an overview and an intro to Umberto Eco via his book Apocalypse Postponed: https://amzn.to/481RmKT

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Umberto Eco - Apocalyptic and Integrated Intellectuals

Here's an overview and an intro to Umberto Eco via his book Apocalypse Postponed https://amzn.to/481RmKT

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Zachary Manenti

½ thru. please forgive me for taking up so much space. I think w Benjamin at least, the ambiguity or undecidability of his article, I believe, has to do with his recognition that, despite seeing what is to be gained for a socialist commie order, he still recognizes a certain loss that is real… i.e., the loss of the aura. He is not going to be nostalgic, but does acknowledge a sadness that something ( precious perhaps) is no longer. So he doesn’ t celebrate it one way or another, but opens a view. Also… one can’t tell in advance how it is going to go… for better or worse. That’s my read on his undecidability. He isn’t papering over a certain loss, he mourns it, a loss that he no doubt feels being an upper bourgeois intellectual of his stature. (p.s.… oh and i wrote this before u started the reading… so i tuned into something…. )

Zachary Manenti

u r the best! Always unearthing and bringing us exactly the theory we need most! thanks. your antennae and clarity ( metaphor of light) is inspiring always.