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Un petit papier au sujet de "Fille de la terre" d'Agnes Smedley sur "Le Prolétaire Volant" qui renvoie lui-même sur un papier de Victoria Pleuchot, autrice de la postface de la version française du livre.

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Dernière sortie en date, une traduction à quatre mains avec Marie Brazilier, d'une œuvre maîtresse, Fille de la terre d'Agnes Smedley. Littérature prolétarienne, de combat et récit de vie. Si vous aimez Jack London, John Steinbeck, Sanora Babb, vous allez vous régaler !

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Fatalism

Fatalism is the philosophical belief that all events are predetermined & inevitable, making human “free will” basically irrelevant to the ultimate outcome.

Determinism, predestination, & fatalism are often used interchangeably. But there are nuances:

• Determinism: The belief that every event is caused by preceding events & the laws of nature. If you knew the position of every atom in the universe, you could predict the future. It’s about cause & effect.
• Predestination: A theological concept (like we saw with the Calvinists) where a sovereign God has decreed the end from the beginning. It’s about divine will.
• Fatalism: The belief that “whatever will be, will be” (Amor Fati), regardless of the causes or divine decrees. It suggests that even if you try to change the path, you’ll still arrive at the pre-set destination.

In the Greco-Roman world, Fatalism wasn’t a theory. It was a cosmic reality. The Greeks envisioned fate as 3 sisters: Clotho (the spinner), Lachesis (the allotter), & Atropos (the unturnable, who cut the thread). Even the gods were subject to the Fates.

This created where heroism wasn’t defined by changing one’s fate. But by facing it with dignity. For example, Oedipus tries everything to avoid the prophecy that he’ll kill his dad & marry his mom. His very attempt to flee is what ultimately fulfills it.

The Stoics (like Seneca & Marcus Aurelius) practiced a form of “rational fatalism.” They compared humans to a dog tied to a moving cart. The dog can either trot happily with the cart (accepting fate) or be dragged kicking & screaming. The destination is the same. The only thing you control is your internal attitude.

The most famous challenge to fatalism is the Lazy Argument: If it’s fated that you’ll recover from an illness, you’ll recover whether you call a doctor or not. Philosophers like Chrysippus countered this by arguing that certain outcomes are “co-fated.”

It may be fated that you recover. But it’s also fated that you recover because you called a doctor. Your action is a link in the chain of fate, not an alternative to it.

In Islam, the concept of Qadar emphasizes a balance between divine sovereignty & human responsibility, folk traditions across the Middle East & South Asia have historically leaned toward a “written” destiny (Maktub – “it is written”). This perspective often provided a psychological cushion against the frequent tragedies of the medieval world, like a plagues or invasions.

American culture is infamously anti-fatalistic. The famous “American Dream” is built on the idea that you can pull yourself up by your own bootstraps & be the architect of your own destiny/fortune. However, fatalism does exist in American conscienceness in 2 specific ways:

• Literary Naturalism
  • In the late 19th & early 20th centuries, American writers like Stephen Crane & Jack London moved away from Romanticism toward Naturalism. They portrayed humans as “small, soft things” at the mercy of indifferent forces (biology, heredity, & environment). In Crane’s The Open Boat, the universe is depicted as a giant machine that doesn’t care if you live or die. This is “Modern Fatalism.”
• “Appalachian Fatalism
  • Often misunderstood as laziness, this fatalism was a cultural adaptation of the Appalachian region, dominated by dangerous coal mines & unpredictable poverty. If your life depends on a mine roof that could at any moment regardless of your skill, or a boom-or-bust economy you can’t control, a fatalistic worldview (“It’s in God’s hands”) becomes a survival mechanism to manage chronic stress.

In modern physics, the Block Universe theory (based on Einstein’s General Relativity) suggests that time is a dimension just like space. If the past, present, & future all exist simultaneously in a “block,” then the future is technically as fixed & unchangeable as the past. If using this view, our perception of “choosing” is just an illusion created by our movement through the time dimension. Essentially this is Scientific Fatalism.

The philosopher Karl Popper once joked that the fatalist is the person who looks both ways before crossing a 1-way street. Deep down, even those who claim the future is a fixed act, though their choices matter.

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#TheSeaWolf by #JackLondon

A brutal psychological battle of wills between a castaway and the ruthless Captain "Wolf" Larsen on the dangerous high seas. 🌊🚢🐺

Read here: https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-sea-wolf-by-jack-london.html

#TheScarletLetter by #NathanielHawthorne

A story of sin, guilt, and the "A" that defines a life in Puritan New England. Hawthorne explores the weight of the human heart. 🅰️🌲⚖️

Read here: https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-scarlet-letter-by-nathaniel.html

#TheScarletPlague by #JackLondon

A chilling post-apocalyptic vision from 1912. Sixty years after a plague wipes out the world, an old man tells how civilization fell. 😷🏚️

Read here: https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-scarlet-plague-by-jack-london.html

#TheCallOfTheWild by #JackLondon

Follow Buck, a pampered pet turned sled dog, as he answers the urge of the North. A rugged tale of survival and the spirit of the wild. 🐾❄️

Read here: https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-call-of-wild-by-jack-london.html

#Candide by #Voltaire

A hilarious, globe-trotting satire on mindless optimism. Is this truly "the best of all possible worlds"? Voltaire’s wit is razor sharp! 🌍😂

Read here: https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2018/11/candide-by-voltaire.html