The 'urgies' of Régis Debray

Here's the extraordinary Regis Debray, after he spent time in a Bolivian prison reading only religious literature:

‘“Ologies” are explained by “urgies.” An “ideology” is a sociurgy gone cold. … Our theoretical task relates to the “urgy” …’ (Critique of Political Reason 1983, p. 169).

And

‘If you want to know what something consists of, ask yourself what it resists. Organize a biscuit. A sweater. A cigarette. A bout of hypochondria. A commando’ (Critique of Political Reason 1983, p. 267).

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