I would not say negative critique is equivalent to alienation. I would say that the intensity of B's critique, combined with its other-worldliness, does denote alienation, among much else.
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> Max Sawicky said on 11/22/00 7:48 A
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> >Burroughs? So his world of talking assholes, sodomite
> >insects, demented physicians, underground trade in
> >human organs, etc. does not bespeak alienation?
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> His publication bespeaks connection and communication. Are you saying
> that a negative critique of society denotes alienation?
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