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,AU?OR 3 ,DAVID ,GRAEB] 

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,DAVID ,GRAEB]3 ,! IDEA ?AT ALI5ATION IS A BAD ?+ IS A MOD]NI/ PROBLEM4 ,MO/ PHILOSOPHICAL MOVEM5TS--&1 BY EXT5SION1 SOCIAL MOVEM5TS--ACTUALLY EMBRACE ALI5ATION4 ,Y\'RE TRY+ TO A*IEVE A /ATE ( ALI5ATION4 ,?AT'S ! IDEAL IF Y\'RE A ,BUDDHI/ OR AN E>LY ,*RI/IAN1 = EXAMPLE2 ALI5ATION IS A SIGN ?AT Y\ UND]/& SOME?+ AB\T ! REALITY ( ! WORLD4 

,SO P]HAPS :AT'S NEW ) MOD]NITY IS ?AT PEOPLE FEEL !Y %\LDN'T BE ALI5AT$4 ,COL9 ,CAMPBELL WROTE A BOOK CALL$ ,! ,ROMANTIC ,E?IC & ! ,SPIRIT ( ,MOD]N ,CONSUM]ISM .<#a#i#h#g.>1 9 :I* HE >GU$ ?AT MOD]NITY HAS 9TRODUC$ A G5U9ELY NEW =M ( H$ONISM4 ,H$ONISM IS NO LONG] JU/ GETT+ ! SEX1 DRUGS1 & ROCK 'N' ROLL OR :ATEV] BUT IT'S BECOME A MATT] ( SELL+ NEW FANTASIES SO ?AT Y\'RE ALWAYS IMAG9+ ! ?+ Y\ WANT4 ,! OBJECT ( DESIRE IS JU/ AN EXCUSE1 A PRETEXT1 & ?AT'S :Y Y\'RE ALWAYS DISAPPO9T$ :5 Y\ GET IT4 

,CAMPBELL'S >GUM5T MAKES TOTAL S5SE :5 Y\ FIR/ READ IT4 ,BUT 9 FACT1 AGA91 IT'S BACKW>D4 ,IF Y\ LOOK AT HI/ORY--AT1 SAY1 M$IEVAL !ORIES ( DESIRE--IT'S UTT]LY ASSUM$ ?AT :AT Y\ DESIRE IS-- 

,MI*ELLE ,KUO3 ,GOD4 

,D,G3 ,OR C\RTLY LOVE1 YES4 ,BUT :ATEV] IT ULTIMATELY IS1 ! IDEA ?AT BY SEIZ+ ! OBJECT ( Y\R DESIRE Y\ W\LD RESOLVE ! ISSUE WAS ACTUALLY CONSID]$ A SYMPTOM ( MELAN*OLIA4 ,! FANTASIES !MSELVES >E ! REALIZATION ( DESIRE4 ,SO BY ?AT LOGIC1 :AT ,CAMPBELL DESCRIBES IS NOT A NEW IDEA4 ,:AT'S ACTUALLY NEW IS ! NOTION ?AT Y\ %\LD BE ABLE TO RESOLVE DESIRE BY ATTA9+ ! OBJECT4 ,P]HAPS :AT'S NEW IS ! FACT ?AT WE ?9K !RE'S SOME?+ WRONG ) ALI5ATION1 NOT ?AT WE EXP]I5CE IT4 ,BY MO/ M$IEVAL P]SPECTIVES1 \R 5TIRE CIVILIZATION IS ?US REALLY A =M ( CL9ICAL DEPRESSION4 .<LAU<T].> 

-- 0,ANO!R ,WORLD3 ,MI*ELLE ,KUO ,TALKS ) ,DAVID ,GRAEB]0 9 ,>T=UM 

,9S(> AS IT IS USEFUL TO DI/+UI% SOME?+ CALL$ 0DESIRE0 FROM NE$S1 URGES1 OR 9T5TIONS1 !N1 IT IS BECAUSE DESIRE3 

IS ALWAYS ROOT$ 9 IMAG9ATION 

T5DS TO DIRECT ITSELF T[>DS SOME K9D ( SOCIAL RELATION1 REAL OR IMAG9>Y 

?AT SOCIAL RELATION G5]ALLY 5TAILS A DESIRE = SOME K9D ( RECOGNITION &1 H5CE1 AN IMAG9ATIVE RECON/RUCTION ( ! SELF2 A PROCESS FRAU<T ) DANG]S ( DE/ROY+ ?AT SOCIAL RELATION1 OR TURN+ IT 9TO SOME K9D ( T]RIBLE CONFLICT 

-- ,DAVID ,GRAEB]1 0,POSSIBILITIES3 ,ESSAYS ON ,HI]>*Y1 ,REBELLION1 & ,DESIRE0 

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