ENGA10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Nuclear Holocaust, Protest Song, Total War
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Video: master of wars: by bob dylan: war poetry website. During 1962, war of vietnam, and the cold war. Protest song against the vietnam war, but goes beyond and explain the beginning of wars. They just don"t want to talk about today, they want to get to the root of problem. Rhizomatic (a lot of root structure/infrastructure beneath superstructure) vs arborescent. Those who are benefiting from superstructure will deny infrastructure. The masters of war talks about the infrastructure not the superstructure(courage, soldiers: moral things) people who are profiting from war are not actually fighting. Certitude is the death of curiosity , what matters is the journey to truth, not the truth itself. If you are sure, there is no doubt, patriotism leads to military action. Art never gives the answer, it gives the ability to ask better question. Discourse disciples the language. we confuse the myth of progress with tech.
