A Cavalier History Of Surrealism

142 Pages·2000·3.982 MB·English

by  J F Dupuis, Raoul Vaneigem

Raoul Vaneigem
J/1,-F, D UPUIS
, /I
Translated by Donald Nicholson-Smith
A CavaliHeirs toorfyS urrealism

A CAVALIER
HISTOR
Y OF
SURREALISM
byJ ules-DFurpauni�so is
(RaVoaunle igem]
TranslabtyDe odn aNlidc holson-Smith
EdinbuLrognhd..o S naFnr ancisco
Firpsutb lisahseH di stdoeisrien dvuso ulrtree ablyP iasumVlee rmont,
NonvilFlrea,n c1e9,7 7.
Englitsrha nslactoipoynr i©g h1t9 99b yD onalNdi cholson-Smith.
ISBN1 -873176-94-5
LibraorfCy o ngreCsast alogiinnP gu blicaDtaitoanA: c atalroegc ord
fotr hitsi tilsae v ailafbrloemt heL ibraorfyC ongress.
BritiLsihb raCrayt aloguing-in-PDuabtlaAi: cc aattiaolnor geuceo rd
fotrh itsi tilsae v ailafbrloemt heB ritiLsihbr ary.
AK Press AK Press
PO EVA1 27GG PO Box4 0M2
Edinburgh SanF rancisCcAo 9,4 140-0682
ScotlaEnHd8 9 YE USA
A ' N
UTHORS OTE
Commissioinne1 9d7 0b ya F rencphu bliswhheorp lannteodi ssue
iti na s eries inftoehrni dgehd- scphuopoiltl hsi,Hs i stdoeisrien dvuo /te
surreawlaisws rmiet tienan c ouploefw eekusn detrh ep ressoufra e
contracdteuaadll iTnhee.f actth atth eo rigibneaalr oefrt hen ame
choseansa pseudony"mJ,u les<;-o;FirDsau npuiwsa"s,t hej anitoofr
theb uildwihnegr Lea utreamdoineatd n, da w itnetsohs i dse ath cer­
tificsahtoeu,lb dea clear enough sibgono kit snh oatto nteoh fi s
thosteh aatr pea rticudleaatrrol my y h earittw; a sm erelady i version.
Whent heo rigipnuabll isphreorj'esc steerdiw eassa bandoned,
thmea nuscrwiapsrt e turtnoem de .I tth en langfuoisrso hmeeyd e ars
att heh ousoefa f riewnhdo,i n1 976s howeidtt oa y ounpgu blish­
ero fh era cquaintAasnac er.e suiltwt a sp ublisah yeeda lra ter
(NonviPlalueVl:e rmonItt)w .a sr eprinitn1e 9d8 8( ParLilsn:s tant).
Perhaiptsi sf aitro s ayt hatd,e spiitteps o lemicchaalr acatnedr
perempttoornyei ,tr emaianu ss ef"uslc hoolbooko"n-eaw nhdi ch
mays teer jtuhsodtsi sec oveSruirnrge aalwiasfymr oamc ertnauimnb er
ofr eceiivdeeda s.
R.V

TABLE CONTENTS
OF
1.H ISTORYA ND SURREALISM
TheC risoifsC ulture 3
TheB reafkr omD ada 11
TheS pecifiocfSi utryr ealism 16
Int heS hadoowf t heC ommunist Party 20
2.C HANGING LIFE
TheR efusoafSl u rvival 35
Fragmeonfta s P rojeocfHt u manE mancipation 49
Knowledogfet heH umana ndI tEsx perimental
Investigation 54
3.T RANSFORMINGT HE WORLD
Revolutionary Ideology 67
AnI nformOarlg anization 74
4.P ROMOTINGT HE IMAGEA SO BJECT
Languaagned I tSsu bversion 81
TheS avagEey ea ndt heC ivilizoaftt ihoeIn m age 95
5.C ONVERTINGT O MYSTICISM
Reconsecration 105
AnA nti-ChriEsctuimaenn ism 121
6.N OW 125
TRANSLTAOR'SA CKNOWLEDGEMENTS 131

CHAPTER1
HISTORY AND
SURREALISM