Re: Prose Style, was Time to Get Religion
On Dec 7, 2006, at 3:37 PM, joanna wrote:
Doug Henwood wrote:
According to that piece on Chomsky’s political philosophy by I
can remember who in NLR about 10 years ago, Noam believes that
we’re all hardwired for freedom, and it’s only external
distortions (e.g., a bad state) that inhibit us from realizing
this inner essence.Observe Ivan as he grows up and you will realize that Noam was right.
Well, no. Ivan is coming to subjectivity, as Judy B put it, through
subjection: we are his teachers, his authority figures, his mirrors.
He crawls away, then looks back anxiously. If we - esp Liza - leave,
he gets nervous. He will rebel soon enough, but his basic personality
formation is coming through people he is completely dependent on. And
he’ll carry that, for good or ill, for the rest of his life.
Doug