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“It is a development of history that has transformed the political classes into social classes such that, just as the Christians are equal in heaven yet unequal on earth, so the individual members of a people are equal in the heaven of their political world yet unequal in the earthly existence of society.”

Christianity Democracy Logic Idealism Critique Historical Materialism Dialectical Materialism Mystification

Book:Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right

Source: Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right

“I couldn't under stand anything I saw in the picture at all. How could the players care, after the way they had humiliated themselves (and, of course, me) seven days - seven days - before? Why would any fan who had suffered at Wembley the way I had suffered stand up to cheer a nothing goal in a nothing match? I used to stare at this photo for minutes at a time, trying to detect somewhere within it any evidence of the trauma of the previous week, some hint of grief or of mourning, but there was none: apparently everyone had forgotten except me.”

Grief Trauma Recovery Forgetting Photo Mystification

Book:Fever Pitch

Source: Fever Pitch

“So art becomes not communication but mystification.”

Art Communication Mysterious Iris Murdoch Ambiguous The Black Prince Mystification

Book:The Black Prince

Source: The Black Prince

“From the moment that opposing interests and class conflict exist, there can be no unity of organization, and in spite of the outward appearance of popular sovereignty, the state remains the organ of the economically dominant class and the instrument of defence of its interests.”

Democracy Capitalism Marxism Class Struggle Hegemony Mystification Class Society Electoralism

Book:The Democratic Principle

Source: The Democratic Principle

“From the moment that opposing interests and class conflicts exist, there can be no unity of organization, and in spite of the outward appearance of popular sovereignty, the state remains the organ of the economically dominant class and the instrument of defence of its interests”

Democracy Capitalism Marxism Elections Class Struggle Hegemony Mystification Class Society Electoralism

Book:The Democratic Principle

Source: The Democratic Principle

“Mystification has little to do with the vocabulary used. Mystification is the process of explaining away what might otherwise be evident”

Book:Ways of Seeing

Source: Ways of Seeing

“Sometimes giving high motivation just means telling an absurd lie. The human brain is so accustomed to hearing lies that sometimes telling the truth is equal to transmitting negative energy, while the mystification and illusion of reality are associated with positive energy.”

Motivation Positive Energy Negative Energy Mystification

Author:Elmar Hussein