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David Casseres
david.casseres at gmail.com
Fri Apr 6 17:46:36 CDT 2007
Pynchon doesn't propose Anarchy or Anarchism, himself. But he loves
Anarchists.
On 4/6/07, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/6/07, Tore Rye Andersen <torerye at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Kindness has always been an extremely positive force for Pynchon, and
> one gets the feeling that the author puts more stock into small, local
> kindnesses than in over-arching and idealistic political projects. Kindness
> may not be as radical a force of political change as, say, fully fledged
> Anarchism, but it's something, and if universally practiced, the world would
> be an infinitely better place.
>
> I think you are quite correct with this observation. I don't think
> Pynchon believes in any full-fledged political/social movement (sorry
> Robin). He understands the corrupting nature of power too clearly
> ("They" have an outpost in all our souls), and thus the inevitable
> fallibility of all movements. If he proposes Anarchy, I think he dose
> so on a small scale, and most underground.
>
> David Morris
>
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