Single Idea 7982

[catalogued under 2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic]

Full Idea

Gone is the dialectic, the play of thesis and antithesis resolving itself in synthesis. The opposing terms now cancel each other out in a levelling of all conflict.

Gist of Idea

Instead of thesis and antithesis leading to synthesis, they now cancel out, and the conflict is levelled

Source

Jean Baudrillard (The Intelligence of Evil [2004], p.129)

Book Reference

Baudrillard,Jean: 'The Intelligence of Evil or The Lucidity Pact' [Berg 2005], p.129


A Reaction

This is from someone who approved of 9/11 (p.137 of this text), and seemed to welcome conflict. His idea, which has plausibility, is that the modern media have become a great warm bath that calmly absorbs every abrasive thrown into it.