Oct 31, 2009

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Avant-Garde Fascism

Avant-Garde Fascism: The Mobilization of Myth, Art, and Culture in France, 1909–1939Mark AntliffDurham and London: Duke University Press,  2007Mark Antliff, a professor of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies at Duke University, has put together a useful analysis of the cultural-aesthetic memes utilized by French fascists of 1909-1939 to promote their visions of national...

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Aug 1, 2009

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The TOQ Secession Essay Contest Winner:
“Toward the White Republic”

Editor’s Note: It is a great pleasure to announce the winning essay of the first annual TOQ Essay Contest: Michael O’Meara’s “Toward the White Republic.” We had 20 entries. One was subsequently withdrawn. Of the 19 remaining, I judged this the best, but there was close competition, and in the end I hope to publish nine other entries in TOQ, beginning...

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Jul 28, 2009

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Filippo Marinetti

Filippo Marinetti is unlike most of the post-nineteenth Century cultural avant-garde who were rebelling against the spirit of several centuries of liberalism, rationalism, the rise of the democratic mass, industrialism, and the rule of the moneyed elite. His revolt against the leveling impact of the democratic era was not to hark back to certain perceived ‘golden ages’...

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Jun 20, 2009

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The Myth of Our Regeneration

Editor’s Note: This is the text of a talk delivered on June 19, 2009 at a TOQ Editor’s Dinner in San Francisco.“J’attends les Cosaques et le Saint-Esprit.”-Leon BloyMy talk this evening is about what might be called “the power of myth.”I refer here not to the Bill Moyers’ program of the same name, but rather to the politics of white...

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