Mark asked,
> >almost done with 3 to Kill. Great, great book.
However, I was
> >wondering about a number of, assumedly, French
cultural references (I
> >got most of the jazz references. Can anyone help
with any of the
>following?
> >
>
> >She reads "Edgar Morin's latest book" while he
reads an old JD
> >MacDonald. Given her other taste, am I right to
assume Morin is pretty
> >literary and/or trendy? She later reads "a book
by someone called
> >Castoriadis." Also literary?
> >
Cornelius Castoriadis aka Paul Cardan..Born in eastern Europe
but based in France post-war. Very interesting political
theorist whose sixties writngs
(as Paul Cardan) looked to find a midway between anarchism
and communism - inpsiring a small but at the time significant
British party called Solidarity For Social Revolution. Later
became a psychoanalyst. His book Crossroads In The Labyrinth
is a fascinating mix of autobiography and
psychoanalytic/political theory (and includes a masterful
demolition of Lacan for anyone interested in that kind of
thing)
John
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