tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post5990297549980453514..comments2024-02-24T18:30:26.749-07:00Comments on prairiemary: OZ AGONISTES Part TwoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-71294220123173819072012-08-27T10:51:05.299-06:002012-08-27T10:51:05.299-06:00I think your analysis of agonism is pretty spot-on...I think your analysis of agonism is pretty spot-on. I've been thinking a lot about binary antagonism because I've spent a lot of time this year in alternative socio-political space, such as Radical Faerie Sanctuary space, where in fact agonism is viewed as aberrant and even pathological. People work hard to build community and consensus, and agonism/conflict is viewed as neither innate nor inevitable. Sure, it happens—but it's nurture, not nature. Once you realize that you are free to make up your own mind, suddenly you're also free to change your assumptions about the nature of reality, which has the effect of changing the nature of reality. What we perceive tends to be what we create. So all of these massively testosterone-driven male-bonding cop shows are both reflection of the cultural zeitgeist, and its creators. I remember a period on TV and in the movies in the 90s when all the bad guys, of whatever type, wore mirror-shades, pony-tails and armored trenchcoats. Even agonism has its clichés. I think it's fruitful to mock and turn upside down those clichés, both to observe them and to deconstruct them and to steal their power away. That's a very Faerie tactic.Art Durkeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463180236975988432noreply@blogger.com