2010/05/13 Glion
Good reason
Pain
In “Regarding the Pain of Others” Susan Sontag writes: “Some people will do anything to keep themselves from being moved.”
That’s undoubtedly true, but at the same time it’s for good reason that we don’t want to be moved all the time, and that we are suspicious of things (and human beings) that are obviously trying hard to move us.
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To Arnon Grunberg
Have you read her "The Pornographic Imagination"?I am reading Saramago these days, and was struck by the following sentence (I paraphrase): "It takes time to get used to peace."
As I only know war from novels and films, I take it to be fair to ask someone more experienced how much truth Saramago's uttering conveys.
Suspicious, and with good reason. That is why there exists politeness, like “I am sorry for you”.
(Hereby I remember a scene from a documentary wherein North Korean school kids (age about 4 or 5!) were told horrible stories about how the enemies of the state tortured their compatriots, until those children burst out in tears from utter despair. And the teachers looked satisfied.)
(Hereby I remember a scene from a documentary wherein North Korean school kids (age about 4 or 5!) were told horrible stories about how the enemies of the state tortured their compatriots, until those children burst out in tears from utter despair. And the teachers looked satisfied.)
This movement.. Is it related to Aristotle and his "impartial motion" or is this a more mordern kind of movement? Such as "I am moved by your kindness" or wh&t?
Pjötr
I haven’t read “The Pornographic Imagination” yet.Dens
Sontag doesn't mention Aristotle.[ Add comment ]
