self-unfolding in the middle-ages (was: [ox-en] Re: compulsion)
- From: Benni Baermann <benni obda.de>
- Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 00:55:37 +0100
Hi, Graham.
Just one special point:
On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 06:14:38PM -0500, Graham Seaman wrote:
Well you did say 'schematically': but even so, I think this is completely
wrong. For proof: go into any gothic cathedral and look at the
mix of personal expression and overall structure and design. There was
far more 'selbstentfaltung' in 'high' feudalism than most of capitalism.
Thats IMHO not true. As a basis for Selbstentfaltung you need
something like a subject, an individual, who can do things because he
want to do it. There is nothing like this in gothic cathedrals. We
know mostly not any _name_ of the artists involved. It was not
necessary for them, they just do it as craftsman for god, not for
themself. In the late middle age the art is more and more subjective.
Persons got individual faces, artists got names ... and thats the same
time, when the first germform of capitalism and burgeoise evolves.
Benni
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