File spoon-archives/marxism-thaxis.archive/marxism-thaxis_1997/marxism-thaxis.9709, message 121


Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 07:59:29 -0400
Subject: Re: M-TH: Considerations on the Frankfurt School
From: farmelantj-AT-juno.com (James Farmelant)


James H,

Just a small point.  It is my understanding that Paul De Man was of
Belgian rather than Dutch origin.  I know that he was the nephew of
the Belgian Socialist politician and theorist Henri De Man, who after
WW I achieved some prominence as a critic of the Marxism of the
Second International on the grounds that it ignored 'spiritual' factors.
His arguments were I understand not unlike those of Georges Sorel.
During WW II when Begium fell under the Germans Henri De Man
emerged as a prominent collaborator.  As I recall from reading
about the Paul De Man scandal it was Henri who helped the young
Paul to aquire positions at Belgian Nazi newspapers as a literary
critic.

			James F.


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