Loneliness/yearning to recognize someone and surprising Shining insight

[Paul Mackin]

On 7/5/2011 11:35 AM, alice wellintown wrote:
>> TR Pt 2 ch 1
>> p.303
>> "With his dispatch case, and an unkind thought for everyone he knew,
>> Otto carried his head high: Affecting to despise loneliness, still he
>> looked at the unholy assortment past him as though hopefully to identify
>> one, rescue some face from the anonymity of the crowd with instantly
>> regretted recognition , and so rescue himself."
> Goodbye Yellowbrick Road. All the Lonely people live in the city. So
> eeasy to meet people on the farm.
>
Reminds one of a book very popular (and influential) in the 50s, The 
Lonely Crowd (Riesman, Glazer et al), which identifies the predominant 
social type of the day,  the other directed. (as opposed to tradition 
and self directed)

The other directed person needs others and the opinion of other to 
define himself.

This mode was considered  adaptive to modern social  conditions.

Very inauthentic as far as the sentiment of being is concerned.

P