To articulate what is past does not mean to recognize “how it really was.” It means to take control of a memory, as it flashes in a moment of danger. For historical materialism it is a question of holding fast to a picture of the past, just as if it had unexpectedly thrust itself, in … More Afsnit seks
I like these. Of course I cannot afford them and do not know they would fit, but I like them. As an art object, and as an alternative. Axé.
The true picture of the past whizzes by. Only as a picture, which flashes its final farewell in the moment of its recognizability, is the past to be held fast. “The truth will not run away from us” – this remark by Gottfried Keller denotes the exact place where historical materialism breaks through historicism’s picture of history. … More Afsnit fem
On YouTube. By María Berry. This is based on the biography by Jon Lee Anderson. Axé.
Seek for food and clothing first, then the Kingdom of God shall be added unto you. –Hegel, 1807 The class struggle, which is always present to a historian influenced by Marx, is a fight for the crude and material things without which no refined and spiritual things could exist. Nevertheless, it is not in the … More Afsnit fire
I have finally started cleaning my office. It is beautiful and has become more beautiful, and will be still more beautiful one day. I have meant to do this for some time but put it off, not had the energy; this evening I started to do it spontaneously. I love the books and files and … More Nouveau encore
We have not had enough music lately. Axé.
It appears that my LASA paper was actually written over 10 years ago by the graduate student Joshua Lund. (A meaning of this would be that I am not cutting edge and am well positioned in these peripheral trenches, translating smart work for the masses. This is not a bad realization; I am not being … More More exceptionalism
Is it? I like this old article on exceptionalism by Lund. “The most implacable Latin American appropriation of Euro- centrism is a center/periphery discourse known as civilization and barbarism (civilización y barbarie).” Axé.
I have a title for my current book but I may need another book on the 19th century, or to 1826-1926 or so. I could call it One Hundred Years of Solitude, referring to the not-well-enough-understood century, that I am convinced I must understand to understand Vallejo. This idea has been inspired by Joshua Lund, … More Cien años de soledad
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