In the idiom of self-reflection

The critique of the idea of politics amounts to a critique of the idea that politics is self-reflection by other means.  To look out at the world is to see only oneself reflected in it.  To be interested in the world is to be interested only in what there is in it that will serve one’s interests.  In these terms we live in a culture of self-deception in the supposition that things are ever otherwise.  If things are ever otherwise those exceptions remain invisible, selfishly; for self-interest cannot account for them.   So is one homeless.

Tags: Homelessness, Politics