Hi Sarah-Jane,
Ah yes, fashion. I'm going to guess Lefebvre left the Communist Party in 1957 because of Hungary, 1956, as many in France did. Many in France of course did not, Sartre among them. Radical Marxists - Soboul - controlled French Revolutionary historiography up to about the 1960s, dismissing Lafayette for instance, a man who participated in three revolutions and went to prison for it, as they had not, as a reactionary. It is all very convenient. It's good to hear they found ways to improve the experience of going for a walk, walks are worthwhile things. So is Walter Benjamin, of course, a writer of whom I have a high opinion. The Society of the Spectacle sounds like an interesting title, I'll have to look out for it. And yes, I would say that Rimbaud is worth reading.
Cheers,
John
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