http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/02/26/a...hilosophy/
Quote:Down with the assassins of Philosophy!
Philosophy is supposed to be the intellectual vanguard. It is synonymous with revolution, humanism, and rebellion.
Those who are thinking about and fighting for a much better world, using their brains as weapons, are true philosophers.
Those who are collecting dust and tenures in some profit-oriented institutions of higher ‘learning’ are definitely not, even if they have hundreds of diplomas and stamps all over their walls and foreheads!
They do not create and do not lead. They do not even teach! They are muzzling knowledge. To quote Fanon: “Everything can be explained to the people, on the single condition that you want them to understand.†But “they†don’t want people to understand; they really don’t…
And one more thing: the great thoughts of Fanon and Sartre, of Gramsci and Mao, Guevara and Galeano should be gently washed, undusted and exhibited again, free of all those choking ‘analyses’ and comparisons compiled by toxic pro-establishment thinkers.
There is nothing to add to the writing of maverick revolutionary philosophers. Hands off their work! Let them speak! Editions without prefaces and introductions, please! The greatest works of philosophy were written with heart, blood and passion! No interpretation is needed. Even a child can understand.