The 1930s Are Ahead of Us
The Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben mentions on QuodLibet.it (15 January) the French philosopher Gérard Granel, who gave a lecture in New York in November 1990 entitled "The thirties are ahead of us". …More
The Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben mentions on QuodLibet.it (15 January) the French philosopher Gérard Granel, who gave a lecture in New York in November 1990 entitled "The thirties are ahead of us".
When he spoke of the 1930s, Granel had in mind Fascism (Italy), National Socialism (Germany) and Stalinism (Soviet Union), three political attempts to impose a "new order" on Europe.
In his lecture, Granel showed that the European intellectual and political class was as blind in the 1930s as it was in the 1990s [and today].
Leon Blum (+1950), a Jew and leader of the French Socialists, commented on the German elections of July 1932 that in the face of the representatives of old Germany, "Hitler is the symbol of the spirit of change, renewal and revolution".
The French philosophers Georges Bataille (+1962) and André Breton (+1966) wrote: "In any case, we prefer the anti-diplomatic brutality of Hitler, which is even more peaceful than the drooling excitement of diplomats and politicians". …More
When he spoke of the 1930s, Granel had in mind Fascism (Italy), National Socialism (Germany) and Stalinism (Soviet Union), three political attempts to impose a "new order" on Europe.
In his lecture, Granel showed that the European intellectual and political class was as blind in the 1930s as it was in the 1990s [and today].
Leon Blum (+1950), a Jew and leader of the French Socialists, commented on the German elections of July 1932 that in the face of the representatives of old Germany, "Hitler is the symbol of the spirit of change, renewal and revolution".
The French philosophers Georges Bataille (+1962) and André Breton (+1966) wrote: "In any case, we prefer the anti-diplomatic brutality of Hitler, which is even more peaceful than the drooling excitement of diplomats and politicians". …More
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"Everything suggests that the post-industrial societies of the West are entering the extreme phase of a process whose consequences could be catastrophic."
Yes, then author is pointing to the lesson we have not learned from the Italian Fascists, German Nazis and Soviet gulags.More
"Everything suggests that the post-industrial societies of the West are entering the extreme phase of a process whose consequences could be catastrophic."
Yes, then author is pointing to the lesson we have not learned from the Italian Fascists, German Nazis and Soviet gulags.
Yes, then author is pointing to the lesson we have not learned from the Italian Fascists, German Nazis and Soviet gulags.