Yep. But power can get by a long time without consensus because it has coercion and punishment.
Hey, this is interesting. When does art (the objectified quality) have power to enforce consensus re its quality? wc ----- Original Message ---- From: Saul Ostrow <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, November 16, 2010 9:37:26 AM Subject: Re: Can art exist without authority? Concensus over time (not in time) establishes quality On 11/16/10 9:53 AM, "William Conger" <[email protected]> wrote: No, it eventually becomes the good. Authority is power, not quality. wc ----- Original Message ---- From: joseph berg <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, November 15, 2010 11:16:41 PM Subject: Re: Can art exist without authority? On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 2:08 PM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote: > - *Good art weathers* the ages because once in so often a man of > intelligence commands the mass to adore it. > > *Ezra* Pound > Without authority, won't the bad eventually push out the good? --
