Two-Gun Mutualism & the Golden Rule. It's the Clash of Ideas that Casts the Light.—The Multiplication of Free Forces is the True Contr'un.
Friday, June 03, 2011 Charles Fourier on the Pear-Growers' Series. This illustration of Fourier's theory of the play of passional attractions and progressive series is something I have referred to in the past, in "The Lesson of the Pear-Growers' Series."Ian Patterson has done a lovely, complete translation of it for the Cambridge edition of The Theory of the Four Movements, but I've wanted for some time to spend enough time with the French to work up a usable translation of my own, since I expect to have recourse to the example again in forthcoming work. Working through Fourier's prose is at once maddening and delightful, since there is frequently a whole lot going on. Hopefully, I've captured at least some of that. I have not translated the second section on the Parade Series, but can certainly recommend it, either in French or in English, to anyone who is intrigued by this bit. Shawn P. Wilbur http://ping.fm/b7CLo _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
