Author Archives: darkosuvin

Two Approaches to Understanding S.F.R. Yugoslavia (2015, 5,800 words)

Posted on 2 March 2015 by darkosuvin
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ESTRANGEMENT AND COGNITION [1972] (2014, 5,400 words)

Posted on 30 December 2014 by darkosuvin
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(With Sezgin Boynik) COMMUNICATING VESSELS: FORMS, POLITICS, HISTORY — INTERVIEW WITH DARKO SUVIN (2014-15, 18,700 words)

Posted on 23 May 2014 by darkosuvin

INTERVIEW WITH DARKO SUVIN* (18,700 words) By Sezgin Boynik, May 2014, Lucca [This piece is forthcoming in Rab-Rab {Helsinki] July 2015] Sezgin Boynik: Can you tell in which way the discussions concerning Brecht and Formalist issues in late fifties and … Continue reading →

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THE ECONOMICO-POLITICAL PROSPECTS OF BORIS KIDRIČ: A BETRAYED DISALIENATION (2011-14, 6,200 words)

Posted on 20 May 2014 by darkosuvin

Darko Suvin                                                                             … Continue reading →

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THE USE OF LUCIO MAGRI (2014, 3,290 words)

Posted on 15 April 2014 by darkosuvin

Magri, Lucio. The Tailor of Ulm: Communism in the Twentieth Century, translated by Patrick Camiller (London: Verso, 2011). Magri, born 1932, was a leading member of the Manifesto group which was kicked out of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in … Continue reading →

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ON U.K. LE GUIN’S SPEECH AT NAT. BOOK AWARDS (2014, 1,860 words)

Posted on 5 February 2014 by darkosuvin

A/ URSULA K. LE GUIN, SPEECH [AT NAT. BOOK AWARDS 2014] B/ ON LE GUIN AND HER DECLARATION OF THE ARTS’ INDEPENDENCE FROM CAPITALISM [DS COMMENT ON HER SPEECH] A/ The Guardian, 20 November 2014 22.00 GMT   Ursula K … Continue reading →

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(With Federico Pianzola) FORMS OPEN TO LIFE (2013, 8,640 words)

Posted on 28 December 2013 by darkosuvin

Darko Suvin, interviewed by Federico Pianzola FORMS OPEN TO LIFE (2013)                              (8,640 words) [FP] In this conversation I would like to move from the general to the particular and although I am aware that you have implicitly or explicitly … Continue reading →

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“EXCELSIOR,” OR ON THE HORIZONS OF PARODY: SYNCHRONIC AIM AND REFERENCE (2012, 6,000 words)

Posted on 25 May 2012 by darkosuvin

Darko Suvin                                                                             … Continue reading →

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Erkenntnis: KEYSTONES FOR AN EPISTEMOLOGY (11 THESES AND 1 INDICATION) (2012, 2,950 words)

Posted on 23 May 2012 by darkosuvin

Darko Suvin                                                                             … Continue reading →

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COMMUNISM AND YUGOSLAVIA, OR THE TWO-HEADED JANUS OF EMANCIPATION THROUGH THE STATE: 15 THESES (2011, 8,710 words)

Posted on 29 May 2011 by darkosuvin
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