Tag Archives: Clastres

the managerial trinity

Posted on January 2, 2013 by edmundberger

“…the modern welfare state: a synthesis of Taylorism in the organization of labor, Fordism in the wage regime, and Keynesianism in the macroeconomic regulation of society.” -Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, Empire, pg. 242 If there is common ground to be … Continue reading →

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alterity, contagion

Posted on December 30, 2012 by edmundberger

CONTAMINANTS In a temple deep in Cambodia, enshrouded in the deep jungles along the Nung River, is Willard’s target, Col. Walter E. Kurtz. Once a decorated warrior in the command of the U.S. Army Special Forces, Kurtz has ‘gone native,’ … Continue reading →

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pierre clastres on states, ethnocide

Posted on December 30, 2012 by edmundberger

The following comes from Pierre Clastres, Archeology of Violence, Semiotext(e), 2010 (originally published in 1980 as Recherches d’anthropologie Politique) [Clastres: French anthropologist, student of stateless societies] pg. 103 – “Ethnocide is […] the systematic destruction of ways of living and thinking of … Continue reading →

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