*Essays in Love* by Alain de Bottonspwhittonhttps://spwhitton.name//blog/entry/bottonessays/spwhittonikiwiki2019-09-26T23:02:04ZMarxism referencehttps://spwhitton.name//blog/entry/bottonessays/comment_1_1ab1c1b958bb895ea022d5493beab780/tom.bw2019-09-21T10:57:50Z2019-09-21T10:57:48Z
<p>Although I was similarly confused, I think I just might be able to explain the Marxism reference in de Botton’s book.
I think he’s referring to Groucho Marx, who said “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member”, as de Botton describes in the chapter, with the club being an analogy to the relationship with a person he now finds wants him as a member.
(I learnt the Groucho Marx quote by chance via Woody Allen movies).
Whether or not de Botton chooses to call this ‘Marxism’ for fun because political-Marxism is such a fundamental topic in literature, or whether he simply adopts it as a way of saying “Groucho-Marxism”, not sure. Probably both.</p>
<p>Tom</p>
comment 2https://spwhitton.name//blog/entry/bottonessays/comment_2_7a876cf948b718b269ca227b55053887/spwhitton2019-09-26T23:02:04Z2019-09-26T23:02:04Z
Ah, nice, thank you!