Monthly Archives May 2010

Socialisme ou Barbarie

Lyotard’s Labyrinth

Masson and Bataille

Art and Utopia

… or The Work of Art in the Age of Genetic Replication In both Michael Bay’s The Island and Curarón’s Children of Men, a painting by Pablo Picasso is shown. In The Island we see Femme Assise (Jacqueline) in the office of Dr. Merrick while in Children of Men we see Picasso’s heartfelt depiction of [...]

Houellebecq’s First Letter to Bernard-Henri Lévy

(My translation) Dear Bernard-Henri Lévy, Between the two us, there is, as one says, a world of difference. Except for one thing, and it’s not the least of things: we are both rather despicable individuals. As a specialist in failed actions and hypocritical media appearances, you’ve disgraced even the white shirts you wear. As an intimate of [...]