tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104678730176687014.post1423603214931164998..comments2014-12-12T18:07:42.274-05:00Comments on Seminar in Composition : Mysticism in Desert SolitaireAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104678730176687014.post-31639284345774156432014-09-27T19:53:18.031-04:002014-09-27T19:53:18.031-04:00A minor point - very, very few people would catego...A minor point - very, very few people would categorize the book a a novel. That's a nitpick, though - your introduction is effective.<br /><br />There's an oddity to your structure. You pick fairly focused evidence which explain, I believe, basically his critique of American or of western civilization (which connects to the background critique of western philosophy). He attacks greed, he attacks and media and advertisement, he attacks the illusory desire for wealth, etc. <br /><br />But does one need to be spiritual, or be engaging in cleansing meditation, in order to say that American is too fixed on money and success, too controlled by advertisement, too careless with natural resources? Your evidence says much about Abbey, but it's not really about his spiritual journey. I think it successfully delineates his politics & activism without really getting at the spiritual element of his beliefs. Your thesis implies that you're going to be focused on meditation, cleansing, etc. - but what you do is much simpler and less ambitious.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.com