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Against Voluptuous Bodies: Of Satiation Without Happiness

“In their nlr article, ‘Spectres of the Aesthetic’, Dave Beech and John Roberts critique what they call ‘the new aestheticism’, identifying my book The Fate of Art as providing the philosophical articulation of a movement which they suggest includes the writings of Andrew Bowie, Terry Eagleton, Fredric . . .” read more

The PCF and its History

“The socialist revolution in France cannot be a repetition of the May events, any more than the 1917 Revolution (February and October) was a repetition of 1905. The May events were a tremendous explosion, in which (through tracts, meetings, newspapers and even sometimes through the distorted accounts in . . .” read more

Culture in Cuba

“I flew out to Cuba in January as guest of the Casa de las Américas, an organization roughly corresponding to the British Council, but with a lively publishing house appended, also a first-class literary magazine. I was invited to form one of a jury of five to judge . . .” read more

The Left in France

“In 1958, the coalition of Gaullists and spokesmen for Algérie française routed the French labour movement without serious effort. This defeat, which has strongly stepped up what political scientists call ‘depoliticization’, gave free scope to Gaullist initiatives for quite some time. The elimination of the Algerian problem, which . . .” read more

'Radcliffe'

“Radcliffe. David Storey. Longmans, 21s.” read more

'Dickens and Crime'; 'Dickens and Kafka'

“Dickens and Crime. Philip Collins. Macmillan, 258 pp, 40s.” read more