Re: repressive desublimation

[Robert Maxwell Young <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Desiblimation is when you cease to channel your energies in a way which is
acceptible to civilised society and let the instinctive response get
expressed directly. Repressive desiblimation is when you do this in a way
which is ideologically conditioned. The easiest example is sexual
de-repression but in a way which is commercialised, e.g., _Playboy_ rather
than genuine, spontaneous lovemaking. All sorts of other examples apply
e.g., cruel sport, porno rather than art, fetishised clothes.

Best, Bob Young
>I'm reading Marcuse for the first time right now and have run into a
>slight problem.  I am having difficulty piecing together what he meant by
>the term "repressive desublimation."  if anyone could help with this term,
>I would be most appreciative.  thanks in advance.
>
>
>David Merrill
>University of Connecticut
>Department of Sociology
>Email: d-merrill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>"The spirit of the age, as it is revealed to each of us, is too often the
>spirit of the group to which the accidents of birth or education or
>occupation or fellowship has given us a place" -Justice Benjamin Cardozo


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