Class must be prioritised in any analysis.
But over centuries and millennia, the collective “recipes for living” (Clifford Geertz’ famous definition of culture) that emerges from particular conditions and trajectories does become a force which also shapes history.
Chinese Characteristics of Socialism: Civilisational Factors in CPC Governance
I’m not really a fan of Stoicism, but I haven’t really given it a fair chance, so I decided to download Meditations by Marcus Aurelius and Seneca’s Letters on Ethics. I have a tendency to cherry pick quotes for inspiration though, so I looked up some from Seneca.
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For the record, I am not an anarchist; I simply have a deep love of quotes and like to look up their origins. My research often reveals that favorite sayings are frequently misattributed or heavily paraphrased.
Read More »From War Doctrine to Psychedelic Therapy: How Revolutionary Theory Was Dissolved into Mysticism
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Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 
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