Saturday, February 16, 2013

thinking wars


Thinking, the creation of meaning, the internal pact we make with words that they will be moments of human sincerity, the reconstitution of near-historical texts attesting to intellectual lineages—all of these stand in the face of the Orwellian speech of generals, press secretaries, and government leaders obsessed with ensuring their class positions.

--Joan Nestle, "Wars and Thinking." Journal of Women's History 15.3 (Autumn 2003): 49-57.