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Mario Tronti on Walter Benjamin’s philosophy of history.

This work was written collectively by the Situationist International in the immediate aftermath of May 1968. It comprises their own account of the Situationists' contribution to the Movement of Occupations that took place throughout France during the largest wildcat strike in history.

Get email notification for articles from Eva Illouz Follow Apr. 15, 2021 3:48 PM How do you win against your opponent in the ideological arena? Simple: take a reviled symbol and associate it with him. For example, characterize the left as a bunch of traitors or losers, and remind the public of Chamberlain. Politics is replete with distorted perceptions, symbols and images, and manipulating these images is a decisive part of ideological warfare. Mixing and confusing symbols has long been a tact...