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Thank you, Robert Wright, for bringing the subtleties of adult differentiation, autonomy and egotism to the attention of the general public in the review of Peter Kramer's book about divorce, Should You Leave? [FAMILY, Oct. 6]. Conservatives who criticize Kramer for suggesting a healthy separation of the self for fulfilling, intimate relationships would do well to read Martin Buber's I and Thou for the ultimate description of the fullest and healthiest of human and spiritual relationships. Perhaps then they would understand that viewing relationships as extensions of oneself is the ultimate in self-indulgence. VIRGINIA K. GORDON Highland...
...Wright does a fine job of explaining the opening chapters of my new book, Should You Leave?, especially the sections that deal with the solutions to marital discord proposed by the mid-century psychiatrist Murray Bowen. Bowen favored an "autonomous" posture with the qualities Wright mentions: cerebral detachment, an American "inner directedness." What Wright does not say is that I spend the rest of the book questioning the ideal of autonomy. For most people, a desirable relationship contains passion, mutuality, obligation, unselfconsciousness--the opposite of detachment. Autonomy--independence--is our premier national value, but it can make for strange bedfellows...
Alison F. Egan '01, Alexis Karteron '01, Marc Stad '01 and C.E. Ted Wright '01 will attend two conferences held in November at Columbia University and April at Cornell University...
...Though Wright is not a member of the council, he is the intercollegiate liaison on the Student Cabinet of Lamelle D. Rawlins '99, the council president...
Murry said she would also contact officals at Dean and Company to discuss the incident. As of press time, she had not contacted any officials. She said she would discuss the matter with OCS Director Bill Wright-Swadel to determine what action should be taken...