Arlo said: > In the end, this "individual v. collective" tripe is simply propagandistic > bunk, if not shoddy and manipulative philosophy. There is no tension, no > war, > no epic battle. The "self" is not a point of either "individual > proprietary > awareness" nor "collective consciousness", it is a fusion, a synthesis, a > happy, dialogic co-construct of the two. >
DM: On an island alone I doubt a human being would ever come to see themselves as an individual. Surely it is when the family and community holds us to account that we realise we are individuals. I remember my nephew insisting for a couple of years that he was a nameless 'nothing' whenever we referred to him by name. Babies are not aware of being individuals, this is something they achieve. Can an animal ever be a true individual? 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.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
