The Burning Block No.6
By Shane Eide
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In Issue 6, questions of existence are considered with and against the work of others who have, in their respective ways, dealt with this issue. Nietzsche's theory of nihilism is examined, along with the implications of Michelstaedter's theory of persuasion and rhetoric considered in light of his suicide, and also, a piece which tries to locate the relevance of developing Max Stirner's ideas beyond the domain of mere egoism.
This issue starts with a piece titled 'Aphorisms and Aggravations,' in which the horrors of the Manson Family are considered as a microcosm for society, politicized eastern religion resembles fascism, makeup hides rather than enhances sexual value and spiritualities can be purchased like any other atomized commodity for the sake of comfort.
Shane Eide
Shane Eide is a part-time hermit, part-time flaneur, which means that he is either spending time on literary pursuits or taking walks and thinking about literary pursuits. He lives in a little room walled with books and sleeps near a big desk, on which he doesn't write since all the quiet is too distracting. He usually goes someplace noisy in order to write as much about fiction as he writes fiction. He's been writing fiction since he was about 11, in which time he's written several novels that he never intends to publish and which no one will ever see, and several others that he wants to publish that he's read out loud to his gold fish. He's been writing what he supposes would be called non-fiction ever since he wrote "Shane was here," in easily erasable pencil on a desk in junior high. You can read his essays and occasional fiction at his blog, www.emergenthermit.com
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The Burning Block No.6 - Shane Eide
THE BURNING BLOCK
Philosophy, Metapolitics, Literature
No. 6
December 22, 2017
EDITOR
SHANE EIDE
© Copyright, The Burning Block No. 6
Edition 1 Published by Shane Eide, December 22, 2017
Edited by Shane Eide
Cover design by Shane Eide
Cover image by Kathryn Eide
Portland Oregon
The contents of this issue may not be republished elsewhere or redistributed by anyone but the editor without permission, with the exception of brief excerpts for the sake of review or the endorsement or criticism of ideas herein.
The contents of this issue are featured here with minor edits and improvements, having first appeared at EmergentHermit.com.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A Letter From the Editor
Aphorisms and Aggravations
Disarm Your Desire
The Philosophy of Masturbation
Interpretations of Nihilism: Destructive vs. Active
Thoughts on Freedom
Suicide and Rhetoric
The Deepest State
Community of the Asocial
A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Shane Eide
One will see in the essays of The Burning Block No. 6 some reoccurring existential themes. Nihilism and egoism are treated in their modern sense (if I’m allowed to use the word ‘modern’ in terms of the past 175 odd years), and the philosophical problems they pose to questions of freedom and liberation.
This issue sees the return of aphorisms, which here fall under the title, ‘Aphorisms and Aggravations.’
APHORISMS AND AGGRAVATIONS
Shane Eide
Free Speech and Taboo. Free speech operates entirely in a defensive, tribunal manner, in which grievance is carried to its logical conclusion. Speech is never truly protected. Culture takes care of that speech the state will not. Whether one contends with or confronts the sharpness of certain words, the taboo nature of certain ideas or the implication of violence, nothing is stronger than the grievance on which the democratic process’s most important illusion rests. It is important to people that they distinguish themselves by their words. To rise, they must push through a crowd of others and climb on top of their heads. Every hard-won cliché is, in fact, the victory of an ideological war. When one finds a word or an idea unpalatable, one’s work lies ahead if one seeks to dismantle their respective foundations. People are given so much which in turn takes so much when they cling to their beloved ideals. We believe in free speech because we still wish to identify that which we must censor in the other’s heart.
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Society as the Manson Family. Society