My edition of _Capital_ I says "fancy" regarding from where wants spring, along with the stomach.
"Imagination" is what separates the work of bees and spiders from that of the human laborer in the chapter on "The Labor-Process" Charles >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/16/02 07:00AM >>> Indeed! As I recall this comes straight out of German Romantic philosophy, or at least as articulated by Coleridge in his outstanding plagiarism of same. And, if I remember rightly, Fantasy fo Coleridge was a higher order of thought, a sort of organic product of the mind, thoughts produced from synthesising baser mental processes. Just done a search and realised I'm talking bollocks! Getting confused between Fantasy and the Fancy, but isn't Marx's phrase sometimes translated as springing from the Fancy? Anyway, here's Coleridge on the matter:from Biographia Literaria, Chapter 13 [ON THE IMAGINATION, OR THE ESEMPLASTIC(1) POWER] . . . The IMAGINATION, then, I consider either as primary, or secondary. The primary IMAGINATION I hold to be the living power and prime agent of all human perception, and as a repetition in the finite mind of the eternal act of creation in the infinite I AM. The secondary I consider as an echo of the former, co-existing with the conscious will, yet still as identical with the primary in the kind of its agency, and differing only in degree, and in the mode of its operation. It dissolves, diffuses, dissipates, in order to recreate; or where this process is rendered impossible, yet still, at all events, it struggles to idealize and to unify. It is essentially vital, even as all objects (as objects) are essentially fixed and dead. FANCY, on the contrary, has no other counters to play with but fixities and definites. The fancy is indeed no other than a mode of memory emancipated from the order of time and space, and blended with, and modified by that empirical phenomenon of the will which we express by the word CHOICE. But equally with the ordinary memory it must receive all its materials ready made from the law of association. . . . ., Russ >From: Chris Burford >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], HM Friends Abroad 13 >Subject: Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] Marxism & the Fantastic - Call for Papers >Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 22:38:05 +0000 > >Fantastic or Phantastic? > >"Die Natur dieser Beduerfnisse, ob sie z.B. dem Magen oder der >Phantasie >entspringen, aendert nichts an der Sache." > >Phantasie = imagination. > >Capital, third sentence. "It is not the point whether the nature of >these >needs (which commodities satisfy) spring from the stomach or the >imagination." > >Chris Burford >London > > > >At 15/03/02 00:09 -0800, Sebastian Budgen wrote: >>Call for papers: >> >>The journal _Historical Materialism: research in critical Marxist >>theory_ is aiming to publish a symposium on the theme of 'Marxism >>and >>the Fantastic', and we are looking for papers interrogating this >>topic in any fruitful way. We are open to consideration of 'the >>fantastic' in psychological terms, but we are particularly >>interested >>in discussions of the non-real, the fantastic in arts and >>literature. >> >>Marxist theory has long engaged with modernist movements such as >>surrealism. In addition, there is already a body of Marxist theory >>engaging with science fiction, as exemplified in the work of Darko >>Suvin, Fredric Jameson and Carl Freedman. However, there is as yet >>no >>body of Marxist work which systematically engages with _the >>fantastic_ more generally conceived, either perceiving science >>fiction as a subset of the fantastic, or opposed to it. We would >>like >>to make a start at filling that gap. >> >>Possible topics for consideration include, but are not limited to, >>the following. >> >>Specific movements, including surrealism; 'magic realism'; fairy >>tales; modern generic fantasy; ghost stories; et al. >> >>The work of specific authors, such as Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, >>Delaney, et al. >> >>Fantasy and film, including readings of specific works. >> >>Psychological aspects of the fantastic, including 'the uncanny'. >> >>Book reviews, of any relevant works (fiction or non-fiction). >> >>Marxism and utopia/dystopia. >> >>Pieces can be reviews or review essays (between 2,000 and 6,000 >>words), 'interventions' (pieces between 4,000 and 7,000 words, >>which >>have some licence to be more polemical and exploratory), and essays >>(between 6,000 and 10,000 words). >> >>_Historical Materialism_ is an open and non-sectarian journal: >>however, it is unapologetically Marxist. While we therefore welcome >>work from any of the many traditions of Marxist theory, research >>undertaken from (say) a left poststructuralist perspective would >>not >>be suitable for our symposium. >> >>The deadline for submissions to this symposium is regrettably soon >>- >>mid-May, and sooner if possible. >> >>If you would like any more information, or would like to submit any >>work, please contact China Mieville on [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>-- >> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Marxism-Thaxis mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To change your options or unsubscribe go to: >>http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis > > >_______________________________________________ >Marxism-Thaxis mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To change your options or unsubscribe go to: >http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: Click Here _______________________________________________Marxism-Thaxis mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] change your options or unsubscribe go to:http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
