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...most interesting (and also the most convoluted) section of The Minimal Self is the conclusion, which deals with politics. Lasch examines and rejects positions he describes as analagous to liberalism and conservatism, instead suggesting a more sound third position through an insinuatingly critical summary of post-Freudian attempts to explain modern politics. The argument is weak end have by Lasch's refusal to state exactly what he means by liberalism or conservatism, and by his failure to articulate his own views. The best part of this section is the author's observation that the standard liberal dogmas of environmentalism, egalitarianism...
...dangerous technology, be kept from the typewriter entirely. He is the sort of talker, so family in the horror-pitted fields of family life, on whom one vomited at three years, old, listened to at seven, and ignored at ten. Does Lasch find it easy to lead a psychologically sound and theoretically consistent life? Or has he found, on the contrary, that humility, intellectual generosity, and a too-fitful wisdom keep breaking...
...into a combat role in Central America or any other place in the world . . . Clearly, there are . . . situations where U.S. combat forces should not be used, [and] I have developed six major tests to be applied when we are weighing the use of U.S. combat forces abroad." Intending to "sound a note of caution," Weinberger argued that...
Humana offers proof that health is a sound investment...
...humanities restored as the centerpiece of a full four-year curriculum. Among the other recommendations: substantial course work on the evolution of Western civilization; "a careful reading" of masterworks of English, American and European literature; a sound grasp of the "most significant ideas and debates in the history of philosophy"; "demonstrable proficiency in a foreign language...