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Rich,
I'd have responded that it's
Percy's way of struggling or grappling
with
the age. Percy dramatizes the
antinomies and conflicts in The Thanatos
Syndrome. Much of what
he wanted to say, as with all writers worth
reading, resides in the
tension.... At least, that's my view. A biased
reader, perhaps.
I'd want to convey too that
Percy once said the main issue of
The Thanatos Syndrome
is "to what degree is the sacredness of
the individual recognized,"
suggesting modern man seeks answers to
the dilemmas of life in a
diabolical pseudo-science reminiscent of the
eugenics of Germany under
Hitler.
Frederick
Glaysher
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