What's the Difference Between an Anarchist and a Postmodernist?
March 25th 2009 03:41
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A postmodernist chooses to work within the established system, to transform it from within. An anarchist rejects the system entirely, seeking to abolish it and replace it with no official alternative (in terms of another system).
I find that anarchists tend to have low self-esteem and a mostly pessimistic outlook on social groups and organisations. They believe that they do not 'fit in', and keep to themselves, cultivating a strong sense of self within their bubble of non-engagement. They tend to be smart, creative and are often very productive. They tend to be easily irritable and have a somewhat underdeveloped or childlike sense of identity. They are fixated upon the act of rejection and the way this informs their identity. Non-participation seems like the ideal solution for them.
Postmodernists, meanwhile, tend to be skeptical of all systems, but have a 'can-do' approach. They belong to many social groups and organisations without investing all of their emotional or intellectual selves into one of them. They are likely to have multiple interests and have a wide range of influences, often of a interdisciplinary nature. They are more optimistic about people and the systems they form, without being naive about one system providing them with all their needs. They also, it must be said, tend to be cleaner than anarchists.
Postmodernists often stress about which system to support, which can lead to indecisiveness, lots of career changes and a generally busy and productive lifestyle. They are always working within several areas of influence at once, and busy calculating the interrelationships between things.
Or, at least, this postmodernist is.
(I should only ever speak for myself...)
I find that anarchists tend to have low self-esteem and a mostly pessimistic outlook on social groups and organisations. They believe that they do not 'fit in', and keep to themselves, cultivating a strong sense of self within their bubble of non-engagement. They tend to be smart, creative and are often very productive. They tend to be easily irritable and have a somewhat underdeveloped or childlike sense of identity. They are fixated upon the act of rejection and the way this informs their identity. Non-participation seems like the ideal solution for them.
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Postmodernists, meanwhile, tend to be skeptical of all systems, but have a 'can-do' approach. They belong to many social groups and organisations without investing all of their emotional or intellectual selves into one of them. They are likely to have multiple interests and have a wide range of influences, often of a interdisciplinary nature. They are more optimistic about people and the systems they form, without being naive about one system providing them with all their needs. They also, it must be said, tend to be cleaner than anarchists.
Postmodernists often stress about which system to support, which can lead to indecisiveness, lots of career changes and a generally busy and productive lifestyle. They are always working within several areas of influence at once, and busy calculating the interrelationships between things. Or, at least, this postmodernist is.
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That is not very far from the truth... I used to live with one!