Re: [microsound] Re: futurists + fascistas

[Ian Andrews <i.andrews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Phil Thomsonwrote:

> [snip]
> 
>> Jurgen Habermas arges that this type of fascism occurs when one of the three
>> autonomous spheres of modernity (aesthetics/art, religion/ethics,
>> logic/science) sets out to determine politics solely on its own terms. This
>> is currently most obvious in Islamic fundamentalism where politics is
>> determined predominantly by religion. Christian fundamentalism posses an
>> equally dangerous outcome.
> 
> True enough, and well put, but is "fascism" really the right term here?
> What does Islamic fundamentalism have to do with a bundle of sticks?
> 
> P
Fascism, as I see it is a form of totalitarianism but also an ideology of
purity that will not tolerate any form of contagion from the impure. This
singularity elevates one race, religion, belief, or form above all others
and then actively seeks to persecute all exceptions. It does not do this
because it believes that these impure elements are a threat to it. It does
this simply because it believes that it is right, and that these elements
must simply not be allowed to exist. I see this process in religious
fundamentalism (also bear in mind that Hitler and the SS had their own brand
of weird occult fundamentalism).

On a side note, John Cage once described minimalist music as fascist.


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