#counter-hegemony

We live not merely in an age of information, but paradoxically, in an age of cultivated unknowing—where the proliferation of data conceals a deliberate architecture of ignorance. Photo by Janko Ferlic on Pexels.com The noise that floods our perceptual space is not neutral; it is weaponised, designed to distract, fragment, and pacify. We are no longer passive recipients of ignorance, but active…

To enter Part 2 of this ongoing exploration, we must radically shift how we understand embodiment, energy, and the politics of flow. The first part of this post established how neurodivergent embodiment can no longer be treated as a medical or pathological deviation, how the body retains trauma and creativity in equal measure, and how MMQG provides practices of release that undo the capitalist…

During Suharto’s time in power in Indonesia, there was severe repression, especially against activists who opposed his authoritarian regime. The majority of those involved in democracy and social justice were intimidated, imprisoned, or forcibly disappeared. The state kept its grip on violence and political repression by affecting the public to generate an opinion that would legitimize…

International Eurasia Movement Image © The Radical Outlook By The Radical Outlook Manipulation by the Right and the Left, or what political results are inevitable On November 18, an online conference on counter-hegemony was held. The organizer was the “International Eurasian Movement”, which invited many interesting speakers. Alexander Dugin from Russia gave a presentation on counter-hegemony…

Kij Johnson is a sci-fi/fantasy writer who is an H.P. Lovecraft scholar. 

I listened to a podcast in which she was featured – Episode 217 of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast – in which she discusses the relative absence of women in H.P. Lovecraft’s works. Johnson loves his work, but has been applying a more critical lens to Lovecraft since honing in on this pattern. As quoted in this Wired article, Johnson explains: “The only times that Lovecraft ever uses women, they tend to be very negative, very stereotypical,” she says. “They’re evil old grannies or the scared farmer’s wife, but even those are so minor. It’s as though he existed in a world without women at all.” Upon reflection, I don’t remember any key female characters in either “The Shadow Over Innsmouth” or “The Horror at Red Hook.” The most memorable one is the dead fish ancestor in “Innsmouth,” and the slayed bride of Suydam in “Red Hook,” both dead/unspeaking characters. I think that Johnson is correct in her observations. 

  Antonio Gramsci, Italian Marxist theoritician

  it may be the first instinctive

reaction to oppression

destruction has some utility

the construction, however

of counter-hegemony  is crucial

the hegemonic idea seems

to be so durable, indestructible

to believe otherwise is the first step.

©crazyhorsepoetry june 2014

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