by Pier Marton | Jul 25, 2010 | Books, Politics
As collected in Reflections on Literature and Culture (p.223) “You hope, yes, your books will excuse you, save you from hell: nevertheless, without looking sad, without in any way seeming to blame. (He doesn’t need to, knowing well what a lover of art like...
by Pier Marton | Jul 25, 2010 | Human Rights, Ideas, Media, Politics, Spectacle
The important thing is the spectacle that you make out of an event in the media, as opposed to the event itself. Taken from their Wikipedia entry. Everything is media, reality is a concept, a consensus. Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share...
by Pier Marton | Jul 23, 2010 | Film, France, Humor, Ideas, Idées, Music, Politics, Review, Wars
My blurb: Zany agitation against the merchants of death, including Sarkozy. This particular fever is contagious and may lead one to want to obliterate those that refuse to give into life–> A+ The movie site and this other interview. Email a link to a friend...
by Pier Marton | Jul 22, 2010 | Books, France, Human Rights, Idées, Politics, Time
Behind his murder, “when everybody is dead” – au delà de ce que l’on sait, maintenant que “tout le monde est mort” (dans Nouvel Obs/Rue 89) Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new...
by Pier Marton | Jul 19, 2010 | Antisemitism, Art, Books, Human Rights, Humor, Jewish, Media, Politics, Racism, Spectacle
SDS, The New Left, Jewish comics, Jews and comics, Harvey Kurtzman, Jewish popular culture, the Hollywood Blacklist, American Culture, 30 volumes published… Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit...
by Pier Marton | Jul 16, 2010 | Middle-East, Politics, Racism
by Gideon Levy (not that long ago). Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...