The Enlightenment and the third level of society rose gradually, from the era of theocracy and kingship to the era of capitalism.

Harley 2021-12-27 08:01:59

The protagonist's awakening also only stayed on the first level, that is, I followed the benevolent God's will and lived according to the social hierarchy defined by God, but why didn't I arrange a good life for me? Only let me experience these tragedies. So this is the time to realize that maybe this god does not exist at all, or I have to arrange my own destiny against the destiny of the god, or the god of destiny. However, the chosen method of confrontation is actually only entering the era of capital, that is, entering the era of capitalism from the original theocratic and royal era. Just like the Enlightenment of Rousseau’s generation, the process of the gradual rise of the third level of society has formed a new sensibility. Consciousness, found that it was right to run to free labor, and then engaged in trade activities in the narrow passages between the noble estates, constantly fighting against the nobles, and surviving in the cracks.

In fact, the characters reflected in the play already have reflections on pre-modern ideology, such as abandoning their family’s pre-modern ethical hierarchical relationship, squatting and defecating everywhere against the confrontation of bourgeois ideology, not to mention that it is directly similar to Carried out a revolutionary violent action, and also saw the master in his life-his employer is still subject to others, subject to certain others. However, it would be a pity to fall into a capital symbolic order embodied by free labor after experiencing such a big trauma. I missed an opportunity for the awakening of the real subject.

Therefore, if the spearhead of the proletariat is merely trying to eliminate the bourgeoisie and the nobility, this is wrong, because if the proletariat wants to eliminate the bourgeoisie, there may be problems beyond history, because according to the dialectics of history, the proletariat came into being because Born from the birth of the bourgeoisie, that is to say, the proletariat that gained power and freedom in the process of opposing "feudal or hierarchical ownership" was accompanied by the proletariat. Therefore, if the bourgeoisie is eliminated, then to a certain extent, It will return to the previous state of society such as serfdom and feudalism, which means that the proletariat itself will be eliminated. Therefore, the demand of the proletariat should be to "eliminate class."

I think if we want to pin our hopes on our side, the most important thing is to learn historical materialism, give full play to the subjectivity of the people, and move from the kingdom of "inevitability" to the kingdom of "freedom". In the past, our Chinese classical culture also paid attention to caring for people, but it was the "care" of the scholar-official class for the bottom from top to bottom. It can also be said to be a pre-modern ideology. Only after entering a new country, it is the people. The awakening of its own subjectivity, historical dialectics will be realized by the material created by the subjectivity of the people.

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The White Tiger quotes

  • Balram: The next morning, Mr. Ashok did something he had never done. He gave me a day off. But by now, I knew the rich never give anything for free.

  • Balram: I don't give it to you because I need to, but because I want to.