‘Sexpol’ in Reich and Makavejev On the night NATO blew up the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavian (Serb) director Dusan
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Read MoreHeaven’s Gate, Artaud, ‘regenerative slime’.Part 2 of Gnostic Front, datacide two. Few self-contained pieces of bad advice can rival self-help
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In London in the first half of 1997, Weimar Germany came back to London with a discreet vengeance. Dr.Hans Prinzhorn’s ‘Art of the Insane’ (collected 1919-1922) at the Hayward Gallery, George Grosz at the Royal Academy, Marlene Dietrich – the West End musical, and August Sander’s ‘exact’ photography at the National Portrait Gallery.
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Gnosticism fundamentally opposes Greek and Christian concepts of time, presenting it as abrupt and revolutionary, instead of continuous or leading to redemption. Chris Lehman critiques the modern cultural use of Gnostic ideas, particularly by figures like Greil Marcus, arguing it fosters historical amnesia and trivializes resistance. He highlights the dangers of reducing complex histories to personal, symbolic gestures controlled by consumer capitalism.
Read MoreIn the border country They’ve done it all We kept watch As they smashed the wall Swell Maps, “Border Country”
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