Thoughtcrime (Moving on)
Paul Mackin
paul.mackin at verizon.net
Sat May 10 08:31:40 CDT 2003
On Sat, 2003-05-10 at 08:48, Mike Weaver wrote:
> How about we try for a multibook approach - choose a theme, then we all get
> to choose our favoured illustrations of the theme, and if we desire, to
> defend their significance, or celebrate their shape and form. A variant
> would be to have those among us with access to critical writings post their
> favoured texts covering a particular theme, as triggers for discussion.
Why not.
I jotted down a number a themes that came quickly to mind.
wartime London
parties
spiritualism
navy life
rockets
sadomasochism
pavlovian psychology
homo-eroticism
music
excrement
surgery
simple scientific concepts
Is this the sort of thing you mean?
P.
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