[lit-ideas] Re: Giving Thanksgiving
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 02:42:27 -0500
On 11/29/2010 4:08 AM, Omar Kusturica wrote:
How does having been defeated and killed in battle make him not "noble" ?
(Assuming that this was implied.)
I didn't imply that he was ignoble. Tecumseh was a
great leader. Rather, I was referring to the
Rousseauian "noble savage" trope that is so
beloved of romantics, and has been such a source
of harm since it was popularized.
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