Tag Archives: Emile Zola

manon lescaut: desire as the search for transcendence

Perfide Mnon and Abbe Prevost. She was the classic cocotte, he the classic dupe; first the Abbe wrote his famous story, Manon Lescaut, and then he set out to live it… …Soon the Abbe Prevost stood on the edge of … Continue reading

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dreyfus: when was the fix not in?

Unfortunately, the after-shocks of the Dreyfus Affair are still with us, over a hundred years until he was finally exonerated in 1906. The dilemma of government secrecy in the in the so-called national interest and the whole ugly stench of … Continue reading

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dreyfus: justice better late than forever

Why we cannot forget Dreyfus. It was a long time ago and the stage was France, but the chief actors in the drama, as part of an ushering in of the age of modernism, have remained on the political scene … Continue reading

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if dreyfus was an arab

Why we cannot forget Dreyfus. The chief actors in the drama have been on the political scene ever since but the dynamic takes on shape-shifting characteristics in defining new enemies and the necessity of an “other” as the basis of … Continue reading

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dreyfus…once bitten twice lie

In a disconcerting manner, the Dreyfus case in France almost one hundred twenty years ago remains pertinent given our own opaque actions of government under the pretext of national security and the national interest. What is ironic is that the … Continue reading

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Dreyfus: forging the vital lie

Necessity now took over entirely. New military blunders and new leaks had to occur. Six months later, just as a new war minister was preparing to have the Dreyfusard leadership put on trial for conspiracy against the security of the … Continue reading

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perjury on parade: waiting to lynch zola

Why we cannot and should not forget Dreyfus. It was the late nineteenth-century, la belle epoque in France. It seems so long ago, but the chief actors in the drama- the double agents, perfidious generals, conniving politicians, and anti-Semites posing … Continue reading

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Dreyfus: big lies and big sticks

Why we cannot forget Dreyfus. It was the end of the nineteenth century and his exoneration in 1906 coincided with the birth of modernism. The double agents, perfidious generals, conniving politicians and anti-Semites posing as patriots have remained on the … Continue reading

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dreyfus: the great e-scape-goat

The hiding of evidence on the basis of the interests of national security has been with us ever since.The Dreyfus Affair never goes away… …It was the classic interactionof chance and necessity that set the wheels of truth in motion. … Continue reading

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dreyfus: national insecurity

Why we cannot forget Dreyfus. The time was “la belle epoque,” and the stage was France. But the chief actors in the drama- the double agents, perfidious generals, conniving politicians, and anti-Semites posing as patriots- have remained on the political … Continue reading

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