Children and a shared vision of a common future
"... This was in accordance with the ancient belief: man did not belong to himself; he belonged to the family. He was one member in a series, and the series must not stop with him..."
GreatInsights
Great Insights from the past and present
Modern politicians and becoming a man
"... Mature masculinity is artificially induced through culture...."
Hatred and the Death-Wish in 'Keep the Aspidistra Flying'
'And who are your enemies?'
'Oh, anyone with over five hundred a year.'
The West and the Decline of Habsburg Spain
" ... pessimism and disillusion has gripped the West's own ruling elite and has permeated down to the general population... "
Freud and the Dynamics of the Unconscious
"... the mind is an arena, a sort of tumbling-ground, for the struggles of antagonistic impulses..."
Love, Lies, and Fiction in the Soviet Union
"... a perfect example of what fiction does - illustrate reality in a way a series of facts cannot..."
Ozymandias, King of Kings
"... I have occasionally imagined Ozymandias fully aware of the joke..."