A streamlined way to think about the political future is to figure out the various paths by which the originary hypothesis would be the unquestioned common sense of a new global order. “Representation is the deferral of violence” would be at the tip of everyone’s tongue just like a phrase like “God-given rights” is now for most Americans; every event, along with whatever its specific scenic content might be, would also be an overt commemoration of our shared origin on a singular scene. Nothing less than complete unanimity is to be accepted here, and yet such unanimity must be attained in accord with the logic of the originary hypothesis itself: through the incessant deferral of potentially species ending forms of violence anticipated at a greater distance with increasing rigor as a result of the forms of preparation derived from the latest instances of deferral. Deferral is a form of power no one could ever imagine giving up in favor of paltry substitutes, and enjoyment in life’s goods is continually enhanced as the mimetic desire and resentment informing our choices of objects is continually displaced by the immediate apprehension of whatever draws our attention as a gift whose enjoyment is itself a way of reciprocating.
Originary Hypothesis as Shared Source and Target
Originary Hypothesis as Shared Source and…
Originary Hypothesis as Shared Source and Target
A streamlined way to think about the political future is to figure out the various paths by which the originary hypothesis would be the unquestioned common sense of a new global order. “Representation is the deferral of violence” would be at the tip of everyone’s tongue just like a phrase like “God-given rights” is now for most Americans; every event, along with whatever its specific scenic content might be, would also be an overt commemoration of our shared origin on a singular scene. Nothing less than complete unanimity is to be accepted here, and yet such unanimity must be attained in accord with the logic of the originary hypothesis itself: through the incessant deferral of potentially species ending forms of violence anticipated at a greater distance with increasing rigor as a result of the forms of preparation derived from the latest instances of deferral. Deferral is a form of power no one could ever imagine giving up in favor of paltry substitutes, and enjoyment in life’s goods is continually enhanced as the mimetic desire and resentment informing our choices of objects is continually displaced by the immediate apprehension of whatever draws our attention as a gift whose enjoyment is itself a way of reciprocating.