RARA-AVIS: Re: Urban Fiction

From: jacquesdebierue (jacquesdebierue@yahoo.com)
Date: 05 Jan 2009

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    --- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, DJ-Anonyme@... wrote:
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    > That's the second time this week I've run across a mention of Marcuse
    > (the other was to his theory of repressive tolerance). Hadn't heard his
    > name in years, maybe decades. One thing I remember from One Dimensional
    > Man was his argument (actually just an aside) that it's better, more
    > liberating, to screw in a field than in a car.

    It has been a long time since I have read his books, but his themes, like those of Fromm and others, pointed out a tendency towards dehumanization. Point well taken, I think.

    Best,

    mrt



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