Von:Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> An: vortex-l@eskimo.com Gesendet: 20:00 Montag, 9.April 2012 Betreff: [Vo]:Mallove murder trial begins See: http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/x221044190/Trial-set-to-begin-in-Mallove-slaying#axzz1rZEqp9d8 just to elaborate on this a bit: We have a sociologist/philosopher of society over here. Niklas Luhmann, who tried, the bureaucrat he was, to explain society as a system of communications, which is, in other words, a system of forces. Society in general was to his opinion, devoid of subjects. Translate 'subject' to 'particle', then you see the essence: The subject dissolves into a system of relationships, and essentially disappears, or, in physical terminology, disappears in a wavelike relationship. I always fought that, because in this view, the particle/subject disappears, and free will and such basically is nonexistent.
On the other hand , as said, Luhmann put a light on something interesting, which is the grid-like structure of society, with all its consequences. That 'society' is the result of a delicate balance of communicative forces. Now to come back to the issue: Society is rarely homogenous. If this grid is energized, strange things can happen, and they obviously do. But their origin cannot be tracked down to a 'conspiracy', but to a random movement of societal interactions, which as a delicate balance of force and counterforce is our duty to control. Why is Nationalism on the rise in distressed countries like Hungary? Simple, according to my theory. It is because the societal grid is getting out of control, and ANY force is better than NO force. This is the ghost in the societal machine, so to say. it is not always a 'good' one. This is OUR task! Not being mere technocrats, who just about know nothing -or ignore- what is at stake. The US or GB is much more difficult to control, so to say, than more homogenous societies, who are less creative, but also less self-destructive. Probably more than You asked for. Here You have it. Amen. Guenter
