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...Joachim's Children (Cont...
During the last month I had to undergo a series of operations. I was hospitalized when your [March 9] article on "Journalism and Joachim's Children" appeared . . . [It] was a surprise to me-and a very pleasant one. I would not have thought that my New Science of Politics would attract your attention. It is a severely theoretical work, and it makes no concessions to popularity. That a magazine which is meant for the general readers should try to mediate problems of such complication is indeed extraordinary. And I can only compliment you on your courage. Moreover, your attempt...
...Joachim's Children (Cont...
Speaking as both a political scientist and something of a Soviet expert, a sevenfold amen to your March 9 article on "Journalism and Joachim's Children." I believe that the most important truth I have learned as a political scientist, in the study of political theory, is that the very foundation of Western democracy is Christianity...
...masterpiece. In the deep subjective sea of life, Joachim's poor children can be understood as blowfish. The little blowfish is alone and frightened, and he has worked out a system of puffing up and blowing when confronted with dangerous reality . . . The sad thing is, as you say, they have widely sold this system as a universal mode for coping with reality, so that the "pathological dream world is fairly effective." Gullible men may be impressed, but reality doesn't seem...