needs and desires (Jim O'Connor)

[Kelley]

At 09:40 PM 2/1/2000 -0600, you wrote:
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>Barbara Laurence wrote:
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>> It's a mistake to think that early humans first grubbed for food and
>> shelter, then when they were fed and warm and dry made art. Or that
>> so-called badic needs come first, desire second. Early humans danced while
>> they stalked their prey; sang when they threshed grain; carved symbols on
>> their hoes.

god, i've been pounding away at ken about this in terms of infant
development and the problem with lacanian psychoanalytic theory for months
now.

kelley