Growing Up Absurd is a 1960 book by Paul Goodman (pictured) on the
relationship between American juvenile delinquency and the lack of
societal opportunities to fulfill natural needs. It drew from his prior
works, psychotherapy practice, and personal experiences and
relationships. The book was rejected by nineteen publishers before
Norman Podhoretz used selections from it to relaunch the magazine
Commentary. Published in hardback by Random House in 1960, and in
paperback by Vintage Books in 1962, the book became a bestseller with
100,000 copies sold in its first three years, and was widely read across
1960s college campuses and by student activists and the New Left. The
book argues that young American men were justified in their disaffection
because their society lacked the preconditions for growing up, such as
meaningful work, honorable community, and sexual freedom. In later
years, it was criticized for excluding women from its analysis. It was
reissued in 2012 by New York Review Books.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growing_Up_Absurd>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1748:
The War of the Austrian Succession ended with the signing of
the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Aix-la-Chapelle_%281748%29>
1873:
Renton defeated Kilmarnock 2–0 in the opening match of the
inaugural Scottish Cup.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1873%E2%80%9374_Scottish_Cup>
1968:
At the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, American athlete Bob
Beamon achieved a distance of 8.90 m (29.2 ft) in the long jump event,
setting a world record that stood for 23 years.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Beamon>
2019:
Protests in Santiago that started 11 days prior escalated into
open battle against the Chilean national police, forcing President
Sebastián Piñera to declare a state of emergency.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%932022_Chilean_protests>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
stanch:
1. (transitive, archaic except poetic) To stop the flow of (water or
some other liquid).
2. To stop the flow of (blood); also, to stop (a wound) from bleeding.
3. To make (a building or other structure) watertight or weatherproof.
4. (transitive) To check or stop, or deter (an action).
5. To stop the progression of (an illness); also, to alleviate (pain);
often followed by of: to relieve (someone's) pain.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To extinguish or put out (a fire, anger,
etc.); also, to quench or satisfy (desire, hunger, thirst, etc.).
7. (intransitive, also reflexive) Of bleeding: to stop.
8. (intransitive, also reflexive, obsolete) Of an occurrence or other
thing: to come to an end; to cease; also, of persons: to stop acting
violently. [...]
9. A floodgate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a
shallow part of a stream by its release; also, a dam or lock in a river.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stanch>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Even in his lowest swoop the mountain eagle is still higher than
other birds upon the plain, even though they soar.
--Moby-Dick
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Moby-Dick>
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