Freedom Is The Slogan Which Speaks To

I Guess I Am Doomed To Remain An Outsider To The End, Lacking As I Am The Indispensable Qualities Of An Academic Insider: School Loyalty, Conformity To The Procedure, And Readiness To Obey By The School-endorsed Criteria Of Cohesion And Consistency.

Middle Class People, The Bourgeoisie, They Are Also Feeling Frightened At The Moment. Some Fear Losing Their Fortunes; Some Go Bankrupt; Some Are Thinking About Suicide. They Don't Know If They Will Retain The Beautiful House That They Bought, Or What Will Happen To The Five Family Cars.

We Live In A World Of Communication, Everyone Gets Information About Everyone Else. There Is Universal Comparison And You Don't Just Compare Yourself With The People Next Door, You Compare Yourself To People All Over The World And With What Is Being Presented As The Decent, Proper And Dignified Life. It's The Crime Of Humiliation.

The Planet Is Full And We Will Be Rubbing Shoulders Forever. There Is Nowhere Else To Go.

Throughout Early Modernity There Were Very Strong Pressures On Jews To Assimilate. Assimilating Meant Cutting Your Ties With The Community Of Origin.