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Page 86
... collective way of being . ” These two volumes are supposedly sociological field research , but again and again Kosinski's own person intrudes . As he admits to a Rus- sian friend , " " I - I would like to depend on nobody . You know ...
... collective way of being . ” These two volumes are supposedly sociological field research , but again and again Kosinski's own person intrudes . As he admits to a Rus- sian friend , " " I - I would like to depend on nobody . You know ...
Page 91
... collective values , but " to him the most meaningful and fulfilling gesture is negative : it is aimed against the collective and is a movement towards the solitude within which the self can display its reality " ( p . 40 ) . The action ...
... collective values , but " to him the most meaningful and fulfilling gesture is negative : it is aimed against the collective and is a movement towards the solitude within which the self can display its reality " ( p . 40 ) . The action ...
Page 95
... collective behavior returns as a topic , but also to influence the novel's form . Kosinski believes American society is , in its own way , as collective as that of the So- viet Union ; in this country collective rites ( such as rock ...
... collective behavior returns as a topic , but also to influence the novel's form . Kosinski believes American society is , in its own way , as collective as that of the So- viet Union ; in this country collective rites ( such as rock ...
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