Carnival against capital: a comparison of Bakhtin‚ Vaneigem and Bey GAVIN GRINDON Department of English and American Studies School of Arts‚ Histories and Cultures University of Manchester Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL ABSTRACT Since the mid 1990s‚ many anarchists and Marxists‚ drawing on the writings of Hakim Bey‚ the Situationist International and Mikhail Bakhtin‚ have increasingly articulated the concept of ‘carnival’ as a valuable form of resistance that merges the political and the aesthetic
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and see that the order is changed. Indeed‚ many people have had those times in their lives; however‚ if there was ever a man that could be used as a shining example of that fire to see a revolution and carry it out‚ there would be few better than Mikhail Bakunin. Bakunin’s teachings helped make the anarchist movement a powerful force for change in the 19th century (Pyziur 1-2). He was born in a time in which there was great political upheaval‚ in which great leftist thinkers such as Marx and Engels
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“A Hero of Our Time… is indeed a portrait but not of a single individual; it is a portrait composed of all the vices of our generation (Nabokov 16). Mikhail Lermontov’s A Hero of Our Time concentrates on Pechorin‚ an arrogant and manipulative military officer‚ who Lermontov considers typical for his generation. The novel takes place in 19th century Russia when Tsar Nicholas I reined. Literature at this time was constricted to the portrayal of life only approved by the Tsar. Lermontov’s superfluous
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On December 25‚ 1991‚ the Soviet Union flag lowered for the last time. With the lowering of the flag‚ Mikhail Gorbachev resigns from the post of President. As changes are occurring from Gorbachev’s steady hand‚ people all around the world watched in disbelief as the Soviet Union was split into separate nations peacefully. These changes could not have transpired without the revolution that Gorbachev brought forward. His reform efforts would be the eventual catalyst towards demanded freedom from
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There were many events leading up to the Berlin Wall crashing down that on November 9th 1989 yet no one ever expected to wake up on that day only to find out that the wall was open and a divided Berlin‚ a divided Germany‚ was no more. Some say that the wall fell down gradually then all at once‚ and some Americans say that the wall fell down thanks to President Ronald Reagan’s speech by the Brandenburg Gate‚ West Berlin in 1987 where Reagan demands “Mr Gorbachev‚ tear down this wall”. This
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Reagan refused to continue with jimmy Carter’s Détente policy. Regan party argued that the policy relaxed the tension in the communist‚ but did not work for a long. For example‚ the Soviet invaded Afghanistan causing the United States disadvantage in the Middle East (9321). Ronald Regan changed of mind in handling the soviet‚ through military measures and diplomatic relationship contributed to the end of the cold war. Reagan’s military tactics was acknowledged by the secretary of Defense Casper
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When World War II happened‚ the United States of America and the Soviet Union fought against the Axis powers together.1 But near the end of World War II‚ after the defeat of Germany and Japan‚ the United States and the Soviet Union were the remaining superpowers in the world. Because of this‚ tensions rose between the two countries to achieve more power over the other country.2 Moreover‚ Truman personally disliked Stalin and the government was afraid of the “USSR’s aim of spreading world communism
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). Lacking a strong government Russia is affected economically and socially due to Communism. In addition‚ Communism has lead Russia downhill during the beginning of the Cold War in 1945. President Ronald Reagan increasing the military budget; Mikhail Gorbachev expanded the Soviet Union military spending as well. “Not being able to overcome the economic and political demands of the United states ‚caused the Soviets to suffer dramatically” (Student Resources Gale‚ “End”). Only months later the Soviet
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administration also provided overt and covert aid to anti-communist resistance movements in an effort to "rollback" Soviet-backed communist governments in Africa‚ Asia‚ and Latin America. Reagan recognized the change of the Soviet leadership with Mikhail Gorbachev‚ and shifted to diplomacy‚ with a view to encourage the Soviet leader to pursue substantial arms agreements. Reagan’s personal mission was to achieve "a world free of nuclear weapons"‚ which he regarded as "totally irrational‚ totally inhumane
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explores how humanity has arrived at this moment - how we live‚ how we impact the earth’s ecosystems‚ and what we can do to change our course. The film features dialogues with experts from all over the world‚ including former Soviet Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev‚ renowned scientist Stephen Hawking‚ former head of the CIA R. James Woolsey and sustainable design experts William McDonough and Bruce Mau in addition to over 50 leading scientists‚ thinkers and leaders who present the facts and discuss
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