Civilization is a fever dream in which the organism was invaded by symbol. Books which will help me investigate this idea?

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Anonymous Thu Dec 14 22:34:55 2023 No.22828864 [Reply] [Original]

Civilization is a fever dream in which the organism was invaded by symbol.

Books which will help me investigate this idea?

Anonymous Thu Dec 14 22:36:31 2023 No.22828874
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>>22828864
This is an excellent starting point. Rousseau traces the origins of civilization and removes the mask behind the symbols. The first discourse is great as well.

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 14 22:39:38 2023 No.22828885 >>22828864 What am I looking at here?

>>	Anonymous Thu Dec 14 22:53:47 2023 No.22828939 >>22828874 Thank you for the rec. I was thinking I would get something along the lines of Saussure, but this is just as interesting. >>22828885 https://twitter.com/ESYudkowsky/status/1734774580601074095

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 15 00:00:12 2023 No.22829165 >>22828864 Simulacra and Simulation, but presumably you've already heard of it

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Illurk Fri Dec 15 01:32:02 2023 No.22829417
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>>22828864
This is told from the perspective of a warrior and his practical experiences of the loss of identity in the trenches and the subsequent group identity that took it's place. Its a book about how life and death conflict illuminate the reality of animal man. Its only recently been translated into contemporary english while his more famous war diary Storm of Steel has been translated numerous times.

>>	Illurk Fri Dec 15 01:33:03 2023 No.22829421 File: 22 KB, 398x500, 41-+fEopGvL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>22828864 Also, unironically this.

>>	Anonymous Fri Dec 15 14:09:08 2023 No.22830950 >>22828939 twitter doesn't let me see anything besides that one post. i still don't know what the fuck that picture is

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