http://decasia.org/academic_culture/2009/12/paris-8-by-the-light-of-different-days/ an anthropological look at universities in france and the united states Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:15:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://decasia.org/academic_culture/2009/12/paris-8-by-the-light-of-different-days/comment-page-1/#comment-1523 Baptiste Coulmont » Liste rapide Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:42:22 +0000 http://decasia.org/academic_culture/?p=1033#comment-1523 [...] Des photos de Paris 8, et notamment de l’ancien hall converti en salle d’exposition vide : I fully expect that when the exhibit opens here, the chaotic political space that used to be there will be entirely replaced by fancy text and artfully chosen photos that aestheticize the messiness and incoherence and spontaneity of actual political action on campus. The genius of the culture industry that seizes on 1968 and other such glorious resistance fantasies lies in their ability to turn political spontaneity into a theme to be ritually commemorated and reinvoked. [...] [...] Des photos de Paris 8, et notamment de l’ancien hall converti en salle d’exposition vide : I fully expect that when the exhibit opens here, the chaotic political space that used to be there will be entirely replaced by fancy text and artfully chosen photos that aestheticize the messiness and incoherence and spontaneity of actual political action on campus. The genius of the culture industry that seizes on 1968 and other such glorious resistance fantasies lies in their ability to turn political spontaneity into a theme to be ritually commemorated and reinvoked. [...]

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