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The Politics of Ashok
Or rather, Ashok Karra's thoughts on my political side. I am most grateful for his ongoing engagement and interest in my work.
Today, Ashok was moved by a recent poem that appears in Jacket, "Two if by Land, I Do":
...As always, Amy King is well-aware of what I, as a student of Leo Strauss, would call the ancient/modern distinction. The fundamental difference between us and the medievals/Romans/Greeks is that we base politics on the fact men are not angels...
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In the past, Ashok has explored "Everyone Has a Decision To Make":
I want to meditate on the above poem in order to see the relation between speech and coming to a conclusion within one's own thought. My own feeling is that this has broad implications for how we conceive of politics. If we cannot be sure of our own moral stances, how can we be so sure others are wrong?
Many, many thanks, Ashok for your thoughts on and with these poems!
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"The true critic is he who bears within himself the dreams and ideas and feelings of myriad generations, and to whom no form of thought is alien, no emotional impulse obscure. --Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
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