[MD] A Pirsig Lila sequel?

[David Harding]

Hi All,

In between my studies, I was reading the AHP transcript for the first time.  I noticed that Pirsig mentioned he was working on a third book?  With an attempt to solve cultural clashes and racism using the MOQ?  Has anyone heard anything on this since? 

Apologies if I'm late to the party on this (so to speak).

Below are the two key statements from Pirsig on this:

"Pirsig: That's why I dropped it because I don't want to get into that at this point. It's a dynamite issue. Moynihan (7) started to bring up the fact, you remember the question: "Are black families matriarchal and is that a cause of the conflict between whites and blacks?" And there was a fire-storm over it. And he got hell for it. And I have always wondered about that, as an intellectual. Is there any truth in that cause? Is there a parallelism between what happened to Hindus and Muslims between what's happening to whites and blacks in this country? Remember I told you last night that there is this third book which may get into this. The rule for me is truth, you know. As I can understand it. How it will come out... I don't know. 

Comment: I was thinking that there is so much in that respect in my understanding of, and my partner's understanding of racism and the need for people to have others to look down on them... (Pirsig: yes, absolutely) It has nothing to do, necessarily, with family structure. It has to do with feelings of personal insecurity and a need to have, you know, to create victims somehow. And the question I am trying to ask is: Can this be explained or better understood using Dynamic and static quality.

Pirsig: I hope so. I don't know yet. I really don't but I hope so. As I say, you're working in a minefield as you know and it's very important that I not make claims that aren't true, because you hurt people that way. This racial thing is just a nightmare for everybody in this country. I was one of the people who worked, trying to integrate you know back in the fifties and it just tore us to pieces, watching this thing happen. And I said, here's these two groups of fine people hating each other and it just hurt so badly. I said, maybe we can find an intellectual solution to this. Not a solution of 'those guys are no good' or 'those guys are no good' which you can hear year after year after year until we're so sick of it we can't stand it. And I think, maybe, this MOQ can do it. But                     I don't know. I haven't written it yet but I'll try. Yes?"