From: Gerald A. Levy (Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM)
Date: Thu Jun 03 2004 - 07:14:28 EDT
Hi Howard. > We've already > got commodity fetish. We don't need clock fetish too. We already have a clock fetish. It is every bit as socially real as any other form of commodity fetishism. Our daily lives as workers under capitalism are divided, following Michael L, between working-time and non-working time. It is the clock which tells us when one starts and the other ends. A clock tells many of us when to wake up, when we can eat lunch during the working day, and when we can use the restroom. When the working day ends, a clock is often used as an essential guide for our enjoyment, e.g. as a clue for when entertainment programs begin. I've got to get off-line now and go to work because a clock tells me that I must. Tell me again that there isn't a clock fetish associated with bourgeois society. In solidarity, Jerry
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