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Re: Ledeen's Ouija Board Buddy (none / 0)

German Expressionism and American Abstract Expressionism are really quite different, and not just in political ways. I too am a great fan of the former - not so much of the latter.

Related, I highly recommend Kracauer's "From Caligari to Hitler" to anyone remotely interested in German Expressionism.

"Talking nonsense is the sole privilege mankind possesses over the other organisms." -Dostoevsky

by poemless on Fri May 22nd, 2009 at 11:35:46 AM EST
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Re: Ledeen's Ouija Board Buddy (none / 1)

Couldn't agree more about the Expresionissims. I had sort of put the differences down to the Abstract part. In this case the abstraction was apparently away from genuine feeling--always a dangerous thing, especially to authoritarians. "We will tell you what you should feel."

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Fri May 22nd, 2009 at 11:54:51 AM EST
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