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[Undeveloped shower thought, not serious proposal] I wonder if "spooks" could be "accomodated" to a more dialectical materialist framework (lemmygrad.ml)

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To preface, I'm going off of summarization I've read, and not off of Stirner's work itself. Also, I haven't read the German ideology yet.

Stirner's Egoism is not very good in general, but I feel like the concept of "Spooks" [That being, immaterial things that subconsciously make a person go against their self interest] is an interesting one.

Could the Gramscian concept of Hegemony be concieved of in this way? [Although the implicit comparison I'm making between them is, admittedly, insulting. So I apologize]. Or maybe a specific component of hegemony [i.e, religion, nationalism, etc.] Could be considered a "spook?"

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[–] darkernations@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I would start with the material always come before the idea and go from there. It will unravel Stirner's work even quicker and the Western Marxist baggages attached to Gramci's work.

https://lemmygrad.ml/post/9961907/7400808

https://lemmygrad.ml/post/9962669/7402719

I personally feel Marx's idea of false consciousness has often been misused (ie it has been at times appear to be reappropriated to give undue weight to the superstructure over the base)

I do, however, like the post so I will reading more/again Stirner when I get the time with a more dialectical materialist lens (it honestly feels like a superpower as I learn it more deeply).