Tag Archives: Max Beckmann

first world war: hysterical tremors

No doubt we shall never understand the First World War completely. The malaise, the something sinister and strange lying beneath the prosperity of a seemingly newly minted modern age. The lust for violence, the belief in death and the ominous … Continue reading

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arendt: spooked horse syndrome

Hannah Arendt was certainly not the first person to mediate on the problem and ramifications of thoughtless evil. As opposed to the cunning, conscious and coherent variety. Her reflections of course, were not entirely understood, or else appropriated to serve diverse … Continue reading

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so romantic: but NIMBY

Something American about it. That snappy walk, The way the gum is chewed. There is no end to the American ingenuity of shaping public opinion. Its post-Imperialism. There is always this incorporation of the “other” within a narrative that serves … Continue reading

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Promise them anything

…but give them a propadeutic scenario…. Bird’s guts, crystal balls, the stars in the heavens, tea leaves- individuals have resorted to all of these and more in an effort to foretel the future. Today, the seer’s tools are charts, statistics, … Continue reading

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the hidden look: looks within looks

In a way, Zionism is explainable in its zeal to create a “new jew” ; an act of nihilism to consign to the dust-bin of history the entire diasporic experience of jewish life pulverized by the atomic bomb of the … Continue reading

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radical chic: return of the ekosians

Truth to power. A kind of truth to power. Neo-Nazi? Patriot? Freedom fighter? Misguided genius? Eccentric gadfly and publicity hound?  Clearly inscrutable, but all part of the mystery of radical Jewish culture, the people, the remnant of the remnant as … Continue reading

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redemption through damascus gate

Society of the Spectacle. A game. In part,  an attempt to gain social acceptance in an environment hostile towards Jews or can it be attributable  to an infantile effort to correct a haunting victim status through self-blame,  the kinds of … Continue reading

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bohemians at the temple gate

It’s the dialectic of demonization. The de-demonization of the liberal, secular jew trying to weld the somewhat tenuous bond of the Judeo-Christian relationship and common heritage, cough, cough, after all didn’t our benevolent Pope comment that Mel Gibson’s The Passion … Continue reading

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occupy wall street : young brecht

With nationhood came a belated industrial puberty. German traditions: diligence to duty, bureaucratic organization, an elaborate system of social caste, all seemed ready-made for empire. The new middle-classes of the day proved the most arrogant of snobs, the most officious … Continue reading

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a bigger bang: head shots and dumbing down

Blame it on bourgeois ethics? Is the successful t.v. series The Big Bang Theory merely insulting in its violence; a violence which may be an endemic cultural trait within middle-class values, that repository of conservatism and arch determination to maintain … Continue reading

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