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No, it doesn't mean neo-con or reactionaries, it's just that neocons and reactionaries like to call themselves conservatives, like neolibs/capitalist used to ca
by orwin 2y ago
No, it doesn't mean neo-con or reactionaries, it's just that neocons and reactionaries like to call themselves conservatives, like neolibs/capitalist used to call themselves 'liberals', or ancap call themselves 'Libertarians'. At some point it replace the original meaning.
If you're a regular conservative, you should check out Baudrillard.
- keybored 2y agoJean Baudrillard?
- orwin 2y agoYes. For some context, he is considered 'postmodernist', which usually means Jack shit, but in his and Lyotard's cases, means they analyse postmodern society ('the postmodern condition') and try to find concepts to explain the changes to society, like the death of metanaratives. Baudrillard (and to a lesser extent Lyotard) elaborate multiple concepts, but he is most known for his criticism of 'hyperreality', where he posit than in postmodern society, the signifiant detach themselves from signifier and become their own autonomous thing. Which is leftist (in the sense of anticapitalist) , yes, but also deeply conservative. But this is 'mainstream' books. He wrote a lot of essays and I can tell you although he is assigned as a 'leftist' because of his anti-Us stances, read "The Conspiracy of Art" and you'll see thought out, articulated conservative talking points.