The Pivot: From Folklore to Disinfolklore

Disinfolklore is an artificial means of creating a collective consciousness in any community. By contrast the collection of folktale songs during 18th and 19th centuries was a good faith attempt to record actual existing culture.

Source: Pensees (110)

Here is the critical distinction: folklore collection was positive — a genuine attempt to articulate shared identity. Disinfolklore is its dark twin — the artificial manufacture of false identity.

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