Thinkers and Liars: Cioran, Eliade, Ionesco

by Pier Marton | Jul 22, 2011 | Antisemitism, Books, France, History, Jewish, Magyar, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Theater, Time

In the New Republic, a review by Joseph Frank of “Cioran, Eliade, Ionesco: L’oubli du fascisme” by Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine.

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Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine

Philosophe et historienne, Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine s’intéresse beaucoup, depuis les années 1980, à l’histoire de l’Europe de l’Est, en se penchant sur des figures européennes admirées, comme Mi?osz ou Pato?ka, ou sur la part plus sombre de l’histoire. Cette part sombre de notre société, elle l’étudie aujourd’hui dans “La Pensée égarée. Islamisme, populisme, antisémitisme”.

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BREAK THE SURFACE
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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus