the mask worn by the superhero symbolizes the separation between the role of creating truth — an operation of power — and the role of inhabiting truth — an operation of submission to power. even when these coexist in the same body they must be hidden from one another
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if one is to be a superhero, that is, since those must have one foot on the inside of humanity and one foot on the outside. if you integrate these functionalities, you aren't a super*hero*
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Would a superhero be a Nietzsche-flavored overman? IF WE ARE REDEFINING SUPERHERO HERE, there's the standard hero who is a person epitomizing social goods. Does the superhero exist above social goods, imposing his own,...
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or are they a supernatural possessing powers but stuck to the traditional hero characteristics?
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tbh the superhero is a kind of lobotomized overman who is not choicelessly bound by social goods, having the power to ignore them, but chooses to be bound by them anyway, because something had to happen to the morality play tradition
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It's funny, I've been reading One Punch Man and Mob Psycho 100, both of which fit that description quite well. Good people with overwhelming powers who want their defining traits to be their humanity (read: their social goodwill in a traditional expression)
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It's deviants who are invariably villains, even the good deviants, who are less-bad, are drawn to the "good" and become better. It's fun to see, a little mind-numbing, activates my "wow how selfless!" feelings which, now I think about it, feel a lot like nostalgia...
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countervailing premises are explored by this fascinating bit of work that proposes that not just slave morality and impulse control but our ability to communicate in language are predicated on our rational fear of one another https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_god_Somewhere …
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Good recommendation. I'll pick it up when budget and bookstack permit.
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I've been on kind of a possession vs identity vs autonomy kick lately. That, and my consistent fascination words' and symbols' interaction with reality, whatever reality is.
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