/lit/ - Literature

Remarkable book. Of all the twitterati bullshit that gets posted here nobody seems to care about the only genuinely mind-blowing book written by a Twitter reactionary. And before you start yelling 'chud', all sources in the book are academic save maybe for Jouvenel's own work.

Wait a fucking second. You telling me it's all been about power all along?

What did y'all think of it?

Have anyone here read anything else by C. A. Bond? Has he written anything else at all? I really liked nemesis. I wonder if other work exists out there.

>>18796863
>the state doesn't do things in they're own interest
No, you take your meds

Who else has read this? Is there any critique of Jouvenal's model here?

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>>16811672
I have it, it’s an absolute masterpiece. Best book I’ve found on the power structure in contemporary American society. Sucks that the books is $50 but definitely worth it. Read in conjunction with this book.

Is this the most important political theory book of 21st century?

>>15496733
>books that predicted this

Has /lit/ read it yet?
>Key to Jouvenel’s model is the assumption that there is a constant structure of human orders; human orders are invariably and unavoidably centralised, and this centralised order itself breaks down into a pattern of three distinct categories. The first of these categories is a centre. This centre in Jouvenel’s conception may be occupied by an institution or institutions, or, importantly, it may not be occupied by something corporeal. Regardless of whether this centre is occupied, all human orders are invariably focused around this shared centre of attention. As a result, this centre is the most important aspect of this model, as it is the relationship of all other categories to this centre, and subsequently to the other categories of this order, that infuses this model with regularity.
The second category is comprised of subsidiary centres of power which exist outside of this centre. These subsidiary centres can be seen as delegates of the centre, and act in its name and under its authority. Jouvenel termed the elements that comprise this category “social authorities,”3 and by this he meant such entities as the nobility, families, corporations, trade unions, and any other institution within an order which can demand the obedience and allegiance of those within that order in conjunction with the central governing apparatus, or Power.

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