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Is Hegel the Handmaid of Capitalism?

SART: How is psychoanalysis the handmaiden of capitalism, if desire is lack and their notion of schizoanalysis or just their position to anti-edipus is anti-capital in that their notion of desire? I think that's a real activity. SART: If you're going to try to elide lack in desire and make it totally aligned with productivity then strip the negativity out of desire. The whole history of modern philosophy from Descartes through, of course, Hegel would be the main figure, right? That desire is linked to negativity. And that is, and I should say that Hegel is the secret enemy here. He's maybe only mentioned once or twice

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