Who are these guests? To get a bit of a clue we have to mention Cornelius Castoriadis . He set up a movement called ‘Socialisme ou Barbarie.’ This happened from the tail of the 40s, all through the 1950s and lasted until 1967. Cornelius remained an influential person in French political and filosofical circles. Look at snapshots of him.
Helen Arnold, one of this evenings guests, was a young American in Paris when she joined the movement. She stayed friends with Cornelius until his death. She translated a book of his writings called ‘Figures of the Thinkable.’
Daniel Blanchard, also a former member of the movement, had been shocked into existence in the 50s when France and Algeria fought a cruel and bloody war. Nikita Khrushchev tore down Stalin’s statue single-handedly, and embarrassed all the soviet-friendly lefties in France. “Revolution and Poetry” became Daniel Blanchard’s credo. His latest book is down here.
When feminism hit France as a result of the 1968 revolt, one of the actions of the women was to get hold of the word: speak up! Christine Jakobs combined the notions of revolution and poetry and pictured the women in that moment of transition. Natural, no make-up, all in their own habitat. This is the book.
Christine Jakobs visited Berlin to donate her fathers works to the Resistance Museum. Her father was in the resistance. She came with her friends. They will honored us with their radio presence and came to the Oranien studio in the heart of Kreuzberg, where the discussions of old still echoed.
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