Through a grotesque series of historical transformations, the Nazis emerged from the existing industrial order at the time. Like a growing cancer or an invading virus, the body perceives it as an external and separate encroaching force; "that's not me," that sort of thing, at least in terms of a historical, established consensus. But what really is an industrial nation in relation to the other nations? What is a nazi in relation to a dysfunctioning society? What is cancer in relation to the body? What does it mean for a virus to flourish? What then is a body? Because there are well-worn pitfalls associated with the organic body analogy. No immediate answers here, but there will be some thoughts here coming up along those lines.
