The Nomadic Alternative – Page 278
The Nomadic Alternative
Page 278
23. Working papers, 31 typed pages with ink corrections, 1 handwritten page, 1 filecard, 1 portion of a file card(entitled "The Satire on the Trades"), re:
(a) "The Pyramid" -- its symbolic role in society as symbols of authority, coercion of large workforce- relates this to Mao's China, South Vietnam, etc..,
(b)what settled societies can learn from nomads-ie state vs individual will to be free, latter wins
24. Short story entitled, "The Family" (about false Messiah's in America)-12 pages typed with ink and pencil corrections
25. Working papers, typed with pencil corrections, re:
(a)Nomads of the Sahara
(b)Nomad children and their attachments to their mothers
26. Working papers, 16 typed pages with ink corrections, re:
(a)autobiography, 1 typed page
(b)attachment theory in children and language
(c)man's territorial aggression(appears to be intro to a book)
27. Working papers- 23 pages typed with handwritten notes and corrections in blue and black ink, re:
(a)The Nomadic Ideal- 3 pages
(b)Australian walkabout/migration-rythmical aspects of migration persist into modern life, eg. walking to relieve stress- 2 pages
(c)ANARCHISM-new generation of anarchists: "Anarchism as I see it proposes a 'primitive'ist' return to an archtypical blueprint for human societyestablished before the Fall, when men were wandering hunters and gatherers...modern revolutionaries thought no longer concentrates on the means of production, but the desirability of production...Realizing that all economic differences and conflicts result from increased production...And the anarchist heroes have certainly identified the right Beast."
"The Revolutionary is a traveller..."
(d)wandering as way to get rid of internalized violence-
eg. colonialism, those who might have been dangerous to stability at home went for adventure: "The colonial movement is a national Road of Trials and psychological cure for national flight from grief, the grief of settlement." 5 pages
(e)Taoism agaist machinery-machinery= against "primitive solidarity of earlier times" 1 page
(f)subsitutes for perpetual wandering- when roads made dangerous for genuine travellers by adventurers. eg...the former found other vehicles to supplant the perpetual pilgrimage, eg. chanting stereotyped formula, dancing during times of stress, eg. during Black death-3 pages
(g)beggars - 2 pages
(h)faticus admiration of German warrior tribes- tactical advantage mobility-nomads dislike of/raids on city dwellers, 5 pages
28. Working papers, 17 typed pages with ink and pencil corrections, re:
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