Raoul Vaneigem
Philosopher
1934-03-21
Books by Raoul Vaneigem
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The Revolution of Everyday Life
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Raoul Vaneigem: Self-Portraits and Caricatures of the Situationist International
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Letter to My Children and the Children of the World to Come
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Quotes by Raoul Vaneigem
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My creativity, no matter how poor, is for me a far better guide than all the knowledge with which my head has been crammed. In the night of Power, its glimmer keeps the enemy forces at bay.
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Down with a world in which the guarantee that we will not die of starvation has been purchased with the guarantee that we will die of boredom.
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To talk of a modern work of art enduring is sillier than talking of the eternal values of Standard Oil.
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The millions of human beings who were shot, tortured, starved, treated like animals and made the object of a conspiracy of ridicule, can sleep in peace in their communal graves, for at least the struggle in which they died has enabled their descendants, isolated in their air-conditioned apartments, to believe, on the strength of their daily dose of television, that they are happy and free. The Communards went down, fighting to the last, so that you too could qualify for a Caribbean cruise.
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My creativity, no matter how poor, is for me a far better guide than all the knowledge with which my head has been crammed. In the night of Power, its glimmer keeps the enemy forces at bay.
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Down with a world in which the guarantee that we will not die of starvation has been purchased with the guarantee that we will die of boredom.
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To talk of a modern work of art enduring is sillier than talking of the eternal values of Standard Oil.
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The millions of human beings who were shot, tortured, starved, treated like animals and made the object of a conspiracy of ridicule, can sleep in peace in their communal graves, for at least the struggle in which they died has enabled their descendants, isolated in their air-conditioned apartments, to believe, on the strength of their daily dose of television, that they are happy and free. The Communards went down, fighting to the last, so that you too could qualify for a Caribbean cruise.
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Who wants a world in which the guarantee that we shall not die of starvation entails the risk of dying of boredom?
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We can escape the commonplace only by manipulating it, controlling it, thrusting it into our dreams or surrendering it to the free play of our subjectivity.
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People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth.
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There are more truths in twenty-four hours of a man's life than in all the philosophies.
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