Tag Archives: De Tocqueville

shades of 1848: gulps of reality in a pure state

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Dave

For many, what is transpiring in the Arab world, bears resemblance to another year of revolution: 1848. When the inevitable reaction to these toppling of regimes takes place, will it recall the sad end of 1848 when the springtime hopes … Continue reading →

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DIDDLERS: SECRETS HIDDEN IN THE SHUFFLE

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Dave

It’s what  Griel Marcus  termed  ”the old, weird America.”; a peculiar terrain, a strange yet familiar backdrop to a common cultural history of America : the “playground of God, Satan, tricksters, Puritans, confidence men, illuminati, braggarts, preachers, anonymous poets of … Continue reading →

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VIRIDIANA & NEW WORDLY IMPULSES: Free and Imprisoned Old Sicknesses

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Dave

Luis Bunuel tells us that the comfortable man ( or woman ) , self-concerned, attempting to embrace more comfort, bores us stiff. And what Bunuel is telling us in cinema is what De Tocqueville forecast in “Democracy in America” . … Continue reading →

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