Kent, am I right to say that your ideas on author ethics proceed from
your politics? You seem to suggest that the literary system is under
sort of a mass delusion involving private property, copyright,
and individualism. That's why you tend to snicker about "Xlibris" -
for you it's the equivalent of buying into a McDonald's franchise...
I'm not attacking you, at least I don't think so. Although I believe
international labor law will be one of the most interesting fields of
the 21st century, I'm sceptical about anti-globalism. I'm interested
in the hypotheses of that guy who's going around - wish I could remember
his name at the moment - trying to STRENGTHEN property rights as a way
to help the poorest of the poor. Our "politics" are different, maybe.
You seem to be promoting hyper-authorship as part of a wider
culture critique: no-author means anarchist(?) author.
Don't let me pin you down, though, Mr. flyweight...
Henry
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"Read it back to me, quietly, quietly." - O. Mandelstam
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