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Panopticon on the politics of language.

It is worth recalling Heidegger's dislike of linguistic 'slogans', his so-called "Sprachkritik", to highlight the political implications of his apology for an ontological relationship to language. We cannot pretend that Heidegger was a socialist but the evolution from a 'purely' Marxist viewpoint is clear. Indeed, Marx and Engels' "Communist Manifesto", a manifesto by intellectuals for the proletariat, was with Heidegger's ontology replaced by a less altruistic "Intellectual Manifesto", a manifesto by intellectuals for intellectuals.

Intellectuals of all persuasions, unite! You have nothing to lose but your metaphysics!  ¶ 8:20 PM