Re: [microsound] the political (was: no OS)

["Phil Thomson" <hellomynameisphil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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>>Politics -- the polis -- the city -- the organisation of living. And
beyond
>>that: the oikos, the home, the hearth. The temple. The sacrifice. Art.
>>Speed, war, battle, tactics, strategy. Economy and exchange. The gift.
The
>>political. Mourning, death, memorial, memory.

>...that's it. the organization of living... that means an interaction
>and engagement with every-thing that has to do with our lives.
>actually, there is not a thing that we do and it's not political...
>....

Doesn't the whole "everything is political" line risk trivializing the
category of the political? If everything is political, presumably
brushing your teeth is just as political as activist work. I realize
that everything we do is touched by power, but is there some way of not
equalizing all activity into having exactly the same relation to power?

P 

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