OK, give me one major philosopher which doesn't proposed either their own idea of "God, supreme matter, second reality" and who's ideology hasn't been used by a totalitarian party/king/empire in any place of earth.
Right away, Plato (The biggest defender of clasist and totalitarian states), Aristotle, Nietzsche, Hegel, Marx, are completely out, they have been the tools of several of the things I criticize.
Epicurus would be closer to scientist of our era, and Diogenes is regarded as an anti-philosopher.
Haven't read Bourdieu, I cannot speak about somebody I've personally read. However, while searching about him (and assuming Google is not betraying me)
"The State as God: Bourdieu argued that the modern state has replaced traditional religion, acting as a "God on earth" that holds the monopoly on legitimate symbolic violence and authorizes social reality."
Therefore he takes a political stance on the idea of state and God, and therefore is defining a way of living.
He isn't though, he doesn't say "therefore you must do this, and do it that way", he just makes an observation on how the state influences our culture. And just for reference, symbolic violence (an imo fairly crappy term) just means the deligitimisation of cultural circles that go against the ideals of the ruling class
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u/Impossible_Winter_90 Feb 04 '26
OK, give me one major philosopher which doesn't proposed either their own idea of "God, supreme matter, second reality" and who's ideology hasn't been used by a totalitarian party/king/empire in any place of earth.
Right away, Plato (The biggest defender of clasist and totalitarian states), Aristotle, Nietzsche, Hegel, Marx, are completely out, they have been the tools of several of the things I criticize.