Today I made a start with reading Ernst Bloch’s masterpiece in three volumes, Das Prinzip Hoffunun (1959)
After the introduction Bloch begins with the dreams and ideals of the adolescent. The seventeen years old lad who fantasizes about a date with the most beautiful girl in town.
Somehow it nicely fits with Aldous Huxley’s Crome Yellow (1922) and his [...]
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20 Dec 09
I’m pleased to see you here!
This website has evolved from the literary salon that I ran for some years in Amsterdam. Recently relocated to the UK, although I’m quite happy in my new homeland, I do rather miss my literary/philosophical activities and have therefore created this little corner on the internet, intended as a place [...]
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