Hi John,
My statement is only the sense I made from the very little I have read on existentialism. I thought at some point in time you had said you were an existentialist. But never mind for now; it seems Mary has presented some very interesting ideas. On Jan 16, 2011, at 7:57 PM, John Carl wrote: > Marsha, > > The communal aspects of existentialists are something I haven't studied > much. It sounds like you have and what you say makes sense, so I'll take > your word for it. > > >> Don't the existentialists think that what holds social organizations >> together >> is a shared sense of anxiety/guilt, a group of beings frightened by their >> underlying fear that they lack "real" existence? How do you fix the >> political >> when the foundations are so whacked? >> > > I think you are right. It is exactly the foundational aspects of our > current political/cultural system which make up the "out of whack" that we > find ourselves in. A new fundamental approach is needed. A belief in a > metaphysical good which transcends competing individual interests. > > However, it's hard to envision such a realization taking hold, when even on > this list where it would be assumed we all "get it", and yet we're stuck in > the same competitive egoistic games that we argue against. A very good point! I can be such a dreamer. - I'll be quiet now. > I think I'll have more to say on the matter after I've thoroughly digested > Mary's posting of Levy. That looks pretty interesting. > > Yours, > > John I am looking forward to hearing more. Yours, Marsha ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
