Men Explain Lolita To Me

[Mark Thibodeau]

Punishing myself by reading this latest Solnit on men "explaining"
Lolita to her and I've come across what must be the most painfully
awful neologism of an era and a medium that is stuffed to the bursting
with awful neologisms: "privelobliviousness". Sweet Christ what a
mediocre, one-track mind this person has.

J

On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 10:00 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> HH wasn't empathetic because he was obsessive. One usurps the other, ergo
> failure. HH failed in scores of other traits for the same root cause. The
> beauty of Lolita is HH's ability to elist our empathy with his obsession.
>
> David Morris
>
>
> On Thursday, December 17, 2015, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Solnit praises Lolita and calls it "that masterpiece of Humbert
>> Humbert’s failure of empathy". Which someone would Arkansas my work
>> that way.
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Charles Albert <cfalbert at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > An angry bint with a bludgeon looking to make her bones Arkansasing the
>> > justifiably celebrated work of a dead white guy?
>> >
>> > Don't see that every day.
>> >
>> > If you want a truly stimulating  and exquisitely balanced investigation
>> > of
>> > the same question I recommend Byatt's Possession.
>> >
>> > love,
>> >
>> > cfa
>> >
>> > On Dec 17, 2015 8:59 PM, "John Bailey" <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> If you approach pop literary criticism with the same standards you
>> >> expect of Kantian philosophy you may end up with a reasonable amount
>> >> of stomach trouble.
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Tommy Pinecone
>> >> <endaflynn345 at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > I had originally extended that message to cover that point but then
>> >> > decided
>> >> > to take it away.
>> >> >
>> >> > To show the weight of thought that needs to go behind a conclusion.
>> >> > Kant
>> >> > is
>> >> > astoundingly painstaking, as you likely know. That's why I
>> >> > recommended a
>> >> > short introduction, the excerpts can be shocking to someone not used
>> >> > to
>> >> > it,
>> >> > it is an education you are not likely to find anywhere else apart
>> >> > from
>> >> > first
>> >> > hand in Kant. I could just as easily recommended some of Aristotle's
>> >> > work,
>> >> > but Kant is more illustrative of the point.
>> >> >
>> >> > Wittgenstein's big ideas and posthumous work are constructive in a
>> >> > similar
>> >> > way.
>> >> >
>> >> > On 18 Dec 2015 01:09, "Danny Weltman" <danny.weltman at gmail.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> What in Kant's first critique do you find helpful for hitting on "a
>> >> >> fast
>> >> >> track way to make someone who is uneducated aware of the blatant
>> >> >> flaws
>> >> >> in
>> >> >> certain ideas and movements that are just unsustainable, and somehow
>> >> >> having
>> >> >> their day the past few years?"
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Tommy Pinecone
>> >> >> <endaflynn345 at gmail.com>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> This is why I make it a deliberate priority not to go on Twitter or
>> >> >>> to
>> >> >>> follow any new intellectual voices.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Every time it is some unfamiliar, alleged authority voicing a loud
>> >> >>> opinion that's appointed a flashy title; for some reason Twitter is
>> >> >>> frequently mentioned along the way.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I hope the majority of you can see through this pettiness. It's
>> >> >>> unfortunate that we are swamped with the hack work and profound
>> >> >>> blanketed
>> >> >>> hate in modern academia, it is however a fortunate thing that we
>> >> >>> can
>> >> >>> merely
>> >> >>> look away and concentrate on human issues instead of coining new
>> >> >>> derogatory
>> >> >>> terms and stirring up the rabble with a short article.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I often wonder how different these outlooks would be if these
>> >> >>> people
>> >> >>> were
>> >> >>> introduced to literature in a different way, free from ideology and
>> >> >>> identity-that is an unbiased, philosophical way. I make it a hard
>> >> >>> point with
>> >> >>> any aspiring student to start off with a short introduction to
>> >> >>> Kant's
>> >> >>> primary Critique and a short introduction to Wittgenstein's
>> >> >>> thought;
>> >> >>> no
>> >> >>> doubt it is an anomalous approach, but it's a fast track way to
>> >> >>> make
>> >> >>> someone
>> >> >>> who is uneducated aware of the blatant flaws in certain ideas and
>> >> >>> movements
>> >> >>> that are just unsustainable, and somehow having their day the past
>> >> >>> few
>> >> >>> years.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> We shouldn't have to pause to think of these things when there are
>> >> >>> bigger
>> >> >>> issues than female characters not being put in the center of the
>> >> >>> stage. What
>> >> >>> if I wanted to pen an article on how I wasn't happy with the lack
>> >> >>> of
>> >> >>> empathy
>> >> >>> Beckett shows in all of his works, to individuals of both genders
>> >> >>> no
>> >> >>> less?
>> >> >>> Sure, the circumstances are different here, but not dramatically.
>> >> >>> It's
>> >> >>> simply absurd. I struggle to believe these type of things when I
>> >> >>> see
>> >> >>> them
>> >> >>> being taken so seriously by so many. Makes one feel hopeless,
>> >> >>> especially
>> >> >>> when these are still the early years of the internet and the
>> >> >>> loudest
>> >> >>> voices
>> >> >>> are reaching aspiring students through social media poisoning their
>> >> >>> nascent
>> >> >>> opinions and thoughts.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> On 17 Dec 2015 20:51, "Matthew Taylor"
>> >> >>> <matthew.taylor923 at gmail.com>
>> >> >>> wrote:
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Thoughts on Rebecca Solnit's latest?
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> http://lithub.com/men-explain-lolita-to-me/
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
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