Re: [Pen-l] Paris 68: Revolution or charade?

[Sandwichman <lumpoflabor@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/2/08, Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> joglekarulhas@xxxxxxxx wrote:
>  >>  Paris 68: Revolution or charade?
>
>
> Tom:
>  > Are they mutually exclusive?
>
>  hardly: look at Chicago 1968, combining some revolution with a lot of
>  charade. In the end, the charade won.

Not to mention KM's remarks about tragedy and farce in the 18th Brumaire...

"Thus Luther put on the mask of the Apostle Paul, the Revolution of
1789-1814 draped itself alternately in the guise of the Roman Republic
and the Roman Empire, and the Revolution of 1848 knew nothing better
to do than to parody, now 1789, now the revolutionary tradition of
1793-95..."

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Sandwichman
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