[lbo-talk] Prose Style, was Time to Get Religion

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Thu Dec 7 13:31:08 PST 2006


Doug Henwood wrote:


> Well, no. Ivan is coming to subjectivity, as Judy B put it, through
> subjection: we are his teachers, his authority figures, his mirrors.
> He crawls away, then looks back anxiously. If we - esp Liza - leave,
> he gets nervous. He will rebel soon enough, but his basic personality
> formation is coming through people he is completely dependent on. And
> he'll carry that, for good or ill, for the rest of his life.

Yes, I understand. But freedom and dependence are not contradictory. And freedom is not rebellion (mere reaction).

Joanna



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