Word: afterworld
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...species the Life Force and gave an old formula an ingenious plot twist-boy meets girl, boy flees girl, girl gets boy. Q.E.D.: the Life Force triumphs again. To this, as a metaphysical dimension, Shaw added a third-act "Don Juan in Hell" sequence, a kind of afterworld dream in which the playwright argues that the Life Force has developed consciousness, and is using man in order to discern purpose and destiny in brute existence: "To be in hell is to drift: to be in heaven is to steer." Retorts the Devil: "On the rocks, most likely...
...afterworld in "Reveille" Alinsky makes an unfortunate leap of faith in his criticism of Black political determination. His critique of the "new" Black polities and the new student left drifts hazily beyond the magnetism of his own commitment to democracy and political action. However, the energy he brings to bear on his own endeavors, the thoroughness of his commitment to the values at the base of democratic theory might inspire us to work in our own communities, patiently and honestly, to identify real local leadership and help those leaders, or their groups, to build an organization of people...