Hi June and Denis, Unfortunately I am in West Yorkshire, not in London, but I would be interested to join your discussion. By Skype?
I also believe that child rearing practices form a foundation of later values. Many political radicals ignore this aspect of their own behaviour with regard to their own families, perhaps as a result of their own experience as a child. Anna > On 20 Aug 2014, at 07:16, Denis Postle <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 19/08/2014 17:09, June Gorman wrote: >> I understand that internal need created by the initial "innocence" fracture, >> taught in sexist, racist. classist societies that want to maintain that >> inequitable status quo, but I don't think we can continue to suggest we can >> truly get anywhere different if we don't start acknowledging and addressing >> it, in all of us who came from those kinds of societies. >> >> It is therefore, and unfortunately because truly difficult work, not at all >> peripheral to these essential questions of sustainability and healthiness of >> humanity and the planet, but the core issues to address in truly getting to >> anywhere socially, economically and emotionally different. > Yes indeed. > > I have been baffled for some time about how to introduce these concerns and > what has been learned, however as you say this is 'tough stuff'. > > Maybe some kind of face to face inquiry node on these topics alongside the > list would be valuable. And if we are both in London (and anyone else, I am > also based in Brussels) we could perhaps see if that idea had legs. I'll send > my contact details off-line. > > A last thought that might nourish anyone looking in, or draw acute > scepticism! Few people seem in touch with the long term research of the > psychohistorians. A key element of their study of the evolution of childhood > and its relation to political realities suggests that the possible politics > to some degree tracks changes in child, especially infant, child care. ie > that political relationships elvolve in the direction of mirroring how power > is experienced via childcare. It could be that the extent to which men are > much more involved in childcare and that it seems increasingly more > child-centered, might result in a contradiction of patriarchal politics. This > has been my personal or local experience. Your thoughts? > Denis > > > > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > > > _______________________________________________ > P2P Foundation - Mailing list > http://www.p2pfoundation.net > https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation
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