Re: great man theory

Posted by Steve Smith on Mar 12, 2021; 7:40pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/great-man-theory-tp7601024p7601040.html

Well said Jon... the pop/collective celebre as poem or gestural (ala sumi-e) drawing.

Regarding these "seductions", having archetypical figures to identify with/aspire towards, they can also be cautionary.   I'm sure there are many (esp. young LIbertarians) who aspire to be Musk.

I don't know how close Glen's debunking of the "Great Man Theory" comes to the  "Cult of Personality" trope, but they would seem to be corollaries in some way.

*we* make these celebrities

Celebrity is co-creation. We cannot help but see what we see, seduced
by the possibilities afforded by the image. Dually, the image becomes
the captive of collective desire. What seems worth noting, is the power
of a partially-defined image, like with poetry, an object that waits
for another to complete it.

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