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Originally Posted by Ea
It helped a good deal - except I think I'm losing the thread in this particular discussion  In any case, I don't think we disagree on this issue in general, perhaps even not in particulars.
It started with the idea that reading fiction (and of a certain quality, I would say - by this I don't necessarily mean literary literature) would provide children with an emotional education. I think I generally agree with this statement, but I do question how applicable it is on societal problems, such as youth violence.
I just noticed I missed this particular sentence in your original post: "I am not referring to those socially under privileged." Sorry, my bad - it would have changed my reply.
Then one could ask; is there more violence among "non-un-privileged" youth today than earlier?
* It's not exactly the same as priviledged |
It happens easily with very complex issues and a sneaky poker player like the under signed.
But back on the thread,
yes, reading fiction (and of a certain quality, I would say - by this I don't necessarily mean literary literature) provides children with an emotional education. According to Galimberti, and to other sources it *is* pertinent to those "unexpected" youth violences. It provides a mean to metabolize and integrate fundamental pulsions, that are exalted by certain ludic activities, and by modern ways. For instance, use of internet has reduced the capability of intense concentration for more than few minutes, in exchange of an increased capability of grasping the essential, but only in rarefied and coded contexts (SMS, or exactly, word by word, what they have underlined in their photocopies of photocopies of course notes, pre-underlined by some friends of them). And so on ...
Yes, there is more violence among "non-un-privileged" youth today than earlier. It has been noted, signaled and discussed. Again reference to Galimberti and his friends in Europe.
What else? Ah, I am not surprised, more than being pleased, that you don't think we disagree on this issue in general, perhaps even not in particulars.
Now, watch out, I hope that what follows will not embarrass you as it is a compliment. Not on your charm, or your recipes or your aquariums, as my compliments to you are, usually.
Since I am on MR, I am following your posts with admiration for their depth, equilibrium, consideration, style, competence, helpfulness, humor of the Viking sort and most of all truthfulness. It means that day by day, little bit by little bit, I am learning*.
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* This is the lodge, right? Anything can happen.