Okay so banger insight I got from here:
material conditions reign supreme as the foundation of any meaningful program or political convo. This type of analysis cuts laserlike through vast clouds of fluffy, worthless, marketplace of ideas grift style vvvvibes-based "idealistic" baloney.
However.
Vibes, also, are a thing. Often enough vibes become material conditions. People fight, work, organize, sacrifice and die for Vibes. Non material elements can rally support around a material cause.
What are good ways to think about the relationship between material conditions and.. idealism, pure "politics", lofty rhetoric, untethered wishful thinking... vibes. I'm hoping some well-read comrade will bless us with thought or maybe a reading rec
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Just wanted to jump in and say I’m really happy you asked this! I enjoy reading other’s thoughts and questions like this are great for probing and questioning one’s own assumptions/interpretations.
Also I’ve really been enjoying reading Pedagogy of the Oppressed, and the texts cited within that form a good reading list. My interpretation of the subject matter is that it explores how reality is formed by subjects through engaging with their surroundings then reflecting on that engagement (ie praxis). And in that lens, as others have said, it’s a feedback loop between the base shaping the superstructure and vice versa
It is on my list
It’s one of the first I’ve been inclined to annotate and read through multiple times. I’ve found it very useful in killing off my individualist brain worms in engaging with others, and how I think about teaching/learning in general. Teaching Community by bell hooks is good too in that regard