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Abstract
Bringing together many Surrealist texts that have never previously been available in English, this collection is an essential guide for anyone who wishes to understand the Surrealist movement.
It traces its development in the words of the Surrealists themselves, offering a definitive expression of Surrealism as a collective movement. It shows the extent of Surrealist positions and interests and shows how, having become a major cultural phenomenon of the twentieth century, the issues it has raised remain central to current debates.
Covering the period 1922-91, these texts illuminate its philosophical, political and ethical positions and locate Surrealism in a broader social and cultural context. Comprising statements from Surrealist groups in Paris, Belgium, Romania, Sweden and Czechoslovakia, and signed by the major participants, it reveals the international dimension of Surrealism.
'A rich treasure trove'
Radical Philosophy
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contents | v | ||
| Acknowledgements | viii | ||
| Introduction: Surrealism as a Collective Adventure | 1 | ||
| Note on the Selection of Texts | 19 | ||
| 1. The Historical Orientation of Surrealism | 21 | ||
| Introduction to La Révolution surréaliste | 22 | ||
| Declaration of 27 January 1925 | 24 | ||
| The Position of Surrealism | 25 | ||
| Letter to André Breton | 29 | ||
| Dialectics of the Dialectic | 32 | ||
| Inaugural Rupture | 42 | ||
| High Frequency | 49 | ||
| Note for Le Surréalisme, même | 51 | ||
| Confronting the Liquidators | 52 | ||
| Let's Get to the Point | 55 | ||
| The Platform of Prague | 58 | ||
| The Possible Against the Current | 66 | ||
| When Surrealism Turned Fifty | 76 | ||
| Hermetic Bird | 79 | ||
| The Platform of Prague Twenty Years On | 81 | ||
| 2. Surrealism vis-à-vis Revolutionary Politics | 93 | ||
| The Revolution First and Always! | 95 | ||
| Burn Them Down! | 97 | ||
| Mobilisation Against War is Not Peace | 99 | ||
| 'Planet Without a Visa' | 104 | ||
| When the Surrealists Were Right | 106 | ||
| The Knife in the Wound | 111 | ||
| Counter-attack: Union of the Struggle of Revolutionary Intellectuals | 114 | ||
| Declaration: The Truth About the Moscow Trials | 117 | ||
| For a Revolutionary Union | 119 | ||
| Neither Your War Nor Your Peace! | 120 | ||
| Binary Star: Letter to a Group of Militants 121Hungary, Rising Sun | 125 | ||
| The Example of Cuba and the Revolution | 126 | ||
| Neither Today Nor In This Way | 128 | ||
| The Surrealists to the French Section of the Fourth International | 130 | ||
| Portrait of the Enemy | 132 | ||
| Down with France! | 134 | ||
| The Public Sphere and Curiosity | 135 | ||
| 3. The Security of the Spirit | 139 | ||
| Letter to the Head Doctors of Insane Asylums | 140 | ||
| Address to the Dalai Lama | 141 | ||
| Address to the Pope | 142 | ||
| Open the Prisons/ Disband the Army | 142 | ||
| The Fiftieth Anniversary of Hysteria | 143 | ||
| The Aragon Affair | 145 | ||
| Poetry Transfigured | 148 | ||
| The Fireships of Fear | 150 | ||
| Back to Your Kennels, Yelpers of God | 152 | ||
| Murderer! | 156 | ||
| Facing the Mob | 157 | ||
| The Heart's Hue and Cry | 159 | ||
| Warning Shot | 159 | ||
| Against Céline | 163 | ||
| Expose the Physicists, Empty the Laboratories! | 164 | ||
| It's Up to You | 166 | ||
| Run If You Must | 167 | ||
| The Stockholm Reminder | 172 | ||
| Beautiful like BEAUTIFUL LIKE | 173 | ||
| 4. Declarations on Colonialism | 180 | ||
| To the Soldiers and Sailors | 181 | ||
| The World in the Surrealist Era | 182 | ||
| Don't Visit the Colonial Exhibition | 182 | ||
| First Appraisal of the Colonial Exhibition | 185 | ||
| Legitimate Defence | 188 | ||
| Murderous Humanitarianism | 190 | ||
| Freedom is a Vietnamese Word | 193 | ||
| Declaration on the Right to Insubordination in the Algerian War | 195 | ||
| Appendix 1 | 198 | ||
| Jean Schuster, The Fourth Canto | 198 | ||
| Appendix 2 | 203 | ||
| Definitions of Surrealism | 203 | ||
| Select Bibliography | 208 | ||
| Notes | 210 | ||
| Introduction | 210 | ||
| Chapter 1 & 2 | 212 | ||
| Chapter 3 | 213 | ||
| Chapter 4 | 215 | ||
| Appendix 1 | 215 | ||
| Index | 216 | ||
| Abellio, R. 214 | 214 | ||
| ACTUAL 211 | 211 | ||
| Adamov, A. 150 | 150 | ||
| alchemy 179 | 179 | ||
| Alquié, F. 210 | 210 | ||
| Analogon 85 | 85 | ||
| anarchism | 46 | ||
| 46 | 46 |