Paul Goodman Quote

The aim is not to give human beings real goals that warrant belief, and tasks to share in, but to re-establish belonging, although this kind of speech and thought is precisely calculated to avoid contact and so makes belonging impossible.


p. 38. - Growing Up Absurd (1956)


The aim is not to give human beings real goals that warrant belief, and tasks to share in, but to re-establish belonging, although this kind of...

The aim is not to give human beings real goals that warrant belief, and tasks to share in, but to re-establish belonging, although this kind of...

The aim is not to give human beings real goals that warrant belief, and tasks to share in, but to re-establish belonging, although this kind of...

The aim is not to give human beings real goals that warrant belief, and tasks to share in, but to re-establish belonging, although this kind of...