

“Le néo-libéralisme reprend les plus vieilles idées du patronat, sous un message chic et moderne. C'est une "révolution" conservatrice qui veut imposer un retour à une forme de capitalisme sauvage et cynique, qui organise l'insécurité et la précarité, qui se réclame du progrès mais qui glorifie l'archaïque loi du plus fort.”
―
―

“In the case of sociology however, we are always walking on hot coals, and the things we discuss are alive, they're not dead and buried”
―
―

“I would simply ask why so many critics, so many writers, so many philosophers take such satisfaction in professing that the experience of a work of art is ineffable, that it escapes by definition all rational understanding; why are they so eager to concede without a struggle the defeat of knowledge; and where does their irrepressible need to belittle rational understanding come from, this rage to affirm the irreducibility of the work of art, or, to use a more suitable word, its transcendence.”
― The Rules of Art: Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field
― The Rules of Art: Genesis and Structure of the Literary Field
Lars’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Lars’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Lars
Lists liked by Lars