Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: anti-social

[Buzz Burrell (72253.2101]

>Somehow this all relates to Durkheim's "Organic" vs. "Mechanical" solidarity.
>It also relates to Pareto's 'Taxonomy of sentiments" and to Weber's analysis
>of "Oikios."

>Thoughts?
>Barry

Yes ...

After comparing the ramifications of selected social theories, I rather thought
this all relates to Hobbe's still-unresolved paradox, "Is there intelligent life
on earth?", although Pogo's "We have met the enemy and He is us" dictum holds
equal value in terms of this particular paradigm.  As for myself, Calvin's
famous epiphany, "Ignorance IS Bliss", elucidated numerous times and held
applicable to a variety of otherwise challenging parental circumstances, holds
particular value.  Of course, Linus's profund visionary social theory, which
includes a being of evolved superconsciousness (although globular and orange in
physical form), first revealed to him in the Pumpkin Patch, approaches that of
an entire set of societal values as seen as a subset of the mainstream whole,
and still holds hope for us all.

Hope this helps.

Buzz Burrell
Paonia, CO