From: Ian Glendinning (ian@psybertron.org)
Date: Sun Oct 26 2003 - 12:27:08 GMT
Anthony,
I've now read most of your book on-line.
As a self-proclaimed "textbook", unlike ZMM or Lila, it may not win any
literary prizes :-) but it is an incredibly satisfying read for someone such
as myself looking to find Pirsig's themes laid bare to contrast, compare and
even support ones own lines of thought.
Your reference list is very close to my own Kosko, Hemmingway, Moore (G.E
and Michael !), Northrop (naturally) to name a few; Crosby / Peters (Done
the MBA, got the tee-shirt - There's a lot written in reaction to objective
Qualispeak in healthcare and education - and the railways soon too I guess
in the UK); Misleading Modularity too - a particular day job theme of mine
in information modelling.
I think you hit Pirsig's main theme on the head - Dynamic Quality, and link
this to his own interest in Anthropology. Also the etymology upfront in
"Rta" something Pirsig get's really close to at the end of Lila. You've
maybe heard me say before "It's all evolutionary psychology after all".
I like it. Excellent.
Any success with a publisher ? Can one buy a hard-copy ?
Ian Glendinning
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David said:
Congrats on all the hard work, hope you get your
PHD soon, how have your colleagues responded
to your Pirsig interest. I have never seen anything on
Pirsig in a philosophy journal, except on-line ones,
strangely enough.
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David,
There are, at least, a hundred articles on Pirsig’s work in philosophy and
English literature academic journals though most are concerned with ZMM. A
few of these are printed in the Di Santo’ and Steele’s “Guidebook to ZMM”,
more articles are cited there while far more are mentioned in the academic
search engines that any half-decent university library will have.
Everyone, who has seen the website at the Department and outside has been
very positive towards it (Platt’s definitely being the most eulogistic!).
In the Department, the actual attitude towards Pirsig’s philosophy is mixed
ranging from the very enthusiastic (usually from the younger lecturers such
as Dr Piers Stephens) to the older ones who are usually as enthusiastic as a
dog who’s just been shown a card trick (though they are exceptions to
this!).
Best wishes,
Anthony
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