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The National Shibboleth: Eminescu, Patrimonialization, and the Recognition Factory | I am hardly a fan of this kind of conference participation, “remote” as my presence is in terms of space, time, and medium. And yet, to reiterate a point
IS TRUE FRIENDSHIP POSSIBLE in the art world? It’s a question rarely asked out loud in an industry famously riddled with self-interest, opportunism, and backstabbing. It also serves as the launching point for Isabelle Graw’s On the Benefits of Friendship, the author’s second piece of autofiction and her first since 2020’s In Another World.
As France turns against migrants, the architectural arts are enlisted to create a manufactured “re-enchantment.”
Which political subject do we imagine ourselves to be? What are we willing to risk? What do we desire?
AFTER THE FALL of Benito Mussolini’s government following World War II, a national referendum voted in favor of a republic. The ostensible rupture with Fascism, however, masked a continuity while cold warriors were largely content to let former Fascist Party functionaries hold governmental and corporate positions of power. Meanwhile, though left-wing parties gained national legitimacy after the Resistance, they increasingly favored the development of productive forces while stamping out revolutionary aspirations. In the early ’60s, during Italy’s so-called “economic miracle,” disside...