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“The abstraction of the Sun was often represented as sight.”
The idea of the Sun as a political symbol of power, authority, and surveillance certainly casts a very specific … light … on this element in astrology. Very interesting.
On a separate note, the concept of a panopticon originated with Jeremy Bentham in 1791, not with Foucault, as the author suggests.
— Mar 28, 2022 06:48PM
The idea of the Sun as a political symbol of power, authority, and surveillance certainly casts a very specific … light … on this element in astrology. Very interesting.
On a separate note, the concept of a panopticon originated with Jeremy Bentham in 1791, not with Foucault, as the author suggests.
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Upon completing chapter one, “Etymology of the Sun,” I found the book intriguing, if a little wild. The chapter made sense. Moving into chapter two, “Etymology of the Moon,” however, leaves much to be desired. The biggest problem is that Kat’s attempts to draw connections between historical ideas of race and currency with the Moon are tenuous at best. Many statements are either poorly or entirely unsupported.
— Mar 29, 2022 08:03PM
