From: Stuart Inman <S.Inman-AT-greenwich.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 12:52:49 GMT Subject: Re: surrealist discussion on surrealism on the surrealist l > yes please read Walter Benjamin. And when you have read his essays, you > could try and find the study Profane Illumination: Walter Benjamin and > Surrealism - which brings light on many interesting points... There is also Michael Lowy's article in RADICAL PHILOSOPHY on Prfane Illumination (author Margaret Cohen by the way). Lowy was obviously impressed by the book, but argues against some of its points. You, William, will have seen it in the last ANALOGON. Susan Buck-Morss' DIALECTICS OF SEEING, about Benjamin's Arcades Project is more essential reading on this matter. There is much that Carl-Michael said that I agree with, some things I didn't. It was all a bit sweeping, more I suspect a gut reaction than a fully considered statement, more extreme than anything you said in London, Carl-Michael? But it seems to me that may be dangerously near the truth of the matter. I will mull over the last couple of posts and give my own reaction. Stuart
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