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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: Datum
Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 20:26:55 -0500 (EST)
Datum "Nonetheless, even though it is possible to recognize the death instinct as a new guise for a basic and constant sine qua non of Freudian thought, it must be emphasized that its introduction does embody a new conceptual departure: the death instinct makes the destructive tendency, as revealed for example in sado-masochism, into an irreducible datum; it is further- more the chosen expression of the most fundamental principle or psychical functioning; and lastly, in so far as it is 'the essence of the instinct- ual', it binds every wish, whether aggressive or sexual, to the wish for death." (Laplanche and Pontalis, The Language of Psychoanalysis, p. 103.) look, o jerusalem - city of peace then war - going back to the days my youth everything - bathed in a golden light - nearby ascending staircase stone - and up between buildings the place of instrument makers - lying words - crossroads worlds - among inscriptions belied by ideologies - let's get out of here, i hear this all time - instruments moving fast - dancing everywhere - blood eerie stairs - endless chattering writing - carrying bombs weaponry don't remember - is what you've done we've you - everything's dying around here there's not much i'm sure end of world hand - you're at fault it's your fault. - but hey did this happen to you - where everything is absorbed - the black hole of the world - too much god - radiation escapes - ===