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malraux: wanting to believe in the song of history

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Dave

…The trouble is that Malraux appeared to find himself in that unhappiest position of a man who wants to believe but cannot. However, a substitute faith- in art or anything else- offers no real way for the atheist or the … Continue reading →

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malraux: thundering cliches on the trail of Eternity

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Dave

Andre Malraux and his Metamorphosis of the Gods. Original and redundant, simultaeneously brilliant and a mass of contradictions… …It must be that Malraux is misled by his basic notion of art as an antidestiny, a comfort against the thought of … Continue reading →