"about", part 2

[sophiaserpentia]

I'm still a bit mildly stunned by the moment yesterday of fully grokking, as if all at once, that the real essence of the writings of the Marquis de Sade was not sexual deviation, but the rich doing whatever they want to poor people without any sort of consequence or accountability. (Well, okay, I was helped along to this epiphany by Grant Morrison.)

It is fascinating that the class aspect of these seminal writings rarely ever comes up at all in modern discourse about sadomasochism. Not surprising, but fascinating.

Comments

[ankh-f-n-khonsu.livejournal.com]

Yes.

Have you read much de Sade?

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't say I've read much. I read The Bedroom Philosophers and pieces of other of his writings a long time ago.

[ankh-f-n-khonsu.livejournal.com]

In that case, if you're interested in delving further into his philosophy, I highly recommend Francine du Plessix Gray's At Home with the Marquis de Sade: A Life.