Archive - Jul 24, 2010 - Blog entry
The Bondsman's "Fear of Death"?
Submitted by Leo Kolivakis on 07/24/2010 20:59 -0500Occasionally, though, there arises a very different and far deeper type of fear: the terrifying thought that the entity of profit – and, worse still, the very institution of capitalization on which the entire capitalist megamachine stands – might cease to exist. This latter fear is associated with systemic crisis – that is, with periods during which the very future of capitalism is put into question. It is what Hegel meant when he spoke of the bondsman’s “fear of death”.
