Monday, June 12, 2017

QQC - Burke

Quote: "When a bit of talking takes place, just what is doing the talking? Just where are the words coming from? Some of our motivation must derive from our animality, and some from our symbolicity. We hear of "brain-washing," of schemes whereby an "ideology" is imposed upon people. But should we stop at that? Should we not also see the situation the other way around? For was not the "brainwasher" also similarly motivated? Do we simply use words, or do they not also use us?"

Question: What do you think Burke means by "our motivation must derive from our animality, and some from our symbolicity"? How do these key words come into play in this reading?  

 

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