TR Gaddis tears into Dale Carnegie Pt 2 ch 1

[cfabel]

Perhaps stopped seeking "Self" alone, as tough self were something by
itself? 

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Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 2:37 PM
To: David Payne; Paul Mackin; Michael Bailey; Pynchon-l
Subject: Re: TR Gaddis tears into Dale Carnegie Pt 2 ch 1

Why does Gaddis cap "Self"?....must play into whatever is/are the
meaning(s)...???



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From: David Payne <dpayne1912 at hotmail.com>
To: Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>; Michael Bailey 
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Sent: Thu, June 2, 2011 3:18:47 PM
Subject: RE: TR Gaddis tears into Dale Carnegie Pt 2 ch 1


Maybe I read it wrong or am forgetting the context, but I recall taking this
as 
a comment on the irony of mass-marketed means toward individualization.

Like reading a best seller for guidance on how to become a rising star at
work, 
or wearing customized cufflinks, because you know my cufflinks are different

than yours, there're so totally me.

A forged self.

But I think that there's also something going on here about how trying to be

original, to create new things, is a fool's game, so I donno...

> On 6/2/2011 12:39 PM, Michael Bailey wrote:
> >> What I don't quite get is the meaning of the ". . . . the Self which
had
> >> ceased to exist the day they stopped seeking it alone."              
    
>