[P2P-F] Fwd: Matriarchal Studies

Wed Aug 20 08:16:26 CEST 2014

On 19/08/2014 17:09, June Gorman wrote:
> I understand that internal need created by the initial "innocence" 
> fracture, taught in sexist, racist. classist societies that want to 
> maintain that inequitable status quo, but I don't think we can 
> continue to suggest we can truly get anywhere different if we don't 
> start acknowledging and addressing it, in all of us who came from 
> those kinds of societies.
>
> It is therefore, and unfortunately because truly difficult work, not 
> at all peripheral to these essential questions of sustainability and 
> healthiness of humanity and the planet, but the core issues to address 
> in truly getting to anywhere socially, economically and emotionally 
> different.
Yes indeed.

I have been baffled for some time about how to introduce these concerns 
and what has been learned, however as you say this is 'tough stuff'.

Maybe some kind of face to face inquiry node on these topics alongside 
the list would be valuable. And if we are both in London (and anyone 
else, I am also based in Brussels) we could perhaps see if that idea had 
legs. I'll send my contact details off-line.

A last thought that might nourish anyone looking in, or draw acute 
scepticism! Few people seem in touch with the long term research of the 
psychohistorians. A key element of their study of the evolution of 
childhood and its relation to political realities suggests that the 
possible politics to some degree tracks changes in child, especially 
infant, child care. ie that political relationships elvolve in the 
direction of mirroring how power is experienced via childcare. It could 
be that the extent to which men are much more involved in childcare and 
that it seems increasingly more child-centered, might result in a 
contradiction of patriarchal politics. This has been my personal or 
local experience. Your thoughts?
Denis

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