War Machines and Love Machines... A Foucault/Deleuze Synthesis

[sodapopinski51]

The World is a War Machine. But it is also a Loving Machine. These two impulses drive the entire world. The insatiable desire for acceptance, love, affection, approval, and nurturing actually leads to the wanton abuses of power, war, destruction, and so forth

Comments

[seasontoseason]

well, first of all, pederasty and homosexuality are abnormal. that is a fact, since "abnormal" merely means "not normal", i.e., not statistically normal. of course people assign moral force to such things, but in a strict sense they are statistically less common, not the "arithmetic mean."
But I see your point that normalizing sexual discourse regulates us. Only ... why use pederasty as the example? i think it's problematic to use "pederasty" as your term for sex between a man and a boy, since it suggests that "pederasty" now, in , say, america in 2009 and pederasty in ancient greece or rome are the same-- simply sex between a man and a boy. (I also think it's sort of curious that you describe sex between young boys and men in Rome as your example of pederasty rather than ancient Greek pederasty, which probably would have served you better. But that's a sidenote) My issue is that pederasty in one culture is different than pederasty in another. On the surface, this is also your point

[sodapopinski51]

Yes. I am saying, "anything goes."

[sodapopinski51]

who cares. You clearly know what you think and don't give a damn about what I'm saying (As usual on Live Journal). Thanks for the post.

[sodapopinski51]

My larger point is this... all of these ethical discourses and medical discourses try to regulate behavior. But they do nothing to actually stop people from desiring (either love of boys or love of the same sex). Desiring production requires way more complex mechanisms than simply saying, "don't do this."