Author Archives: darkosuvin

DEATH INTO LIFE: FOR A POETICS OF ANTI-CAPITALIST ALTERNATIVE (2009, 5900 words)

Posted on 25 May 2009 by darkosuvin

Socialism & Democracy 26.2 (July 2012): 91-106, 2012 A prosimetrum — mixture of six convergent sections each having one short poem and one piece of essayistic or argumentative prose. Part 1: the ice age of catastrophic capitalist economy, whose purpose … Continue reading →

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ON THE HORIZONS OF EPISTEMOLOGY AND  SCIENCE (2009, 14,360 words)

Posted on 23 May 2009 by darkosuvin

Darko Suvin                                                                             … Continue reading →

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WE’VE MET THE ALIENS AND THEY ARE US: WEINBAUM’S PARABLES OF CLASS (1993-2010, 9,960 words)

Posted on 27 August 2008 by darkosuvin

D. Suvin, Parables of Freedom and Narrative Logics: Positions and Presuppositions in Science Fiction and Utopianism, 2 Vols. Ed. Eric D. Smith. Oxford: P. Lang, 2021. ch29

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INTRODUCTION 2008 (TO DEFINED BY A HOLLOW): ON HOLLOW, OR AN ALARMED DOOR (5,250 words)

Posted on 27 August 2008 by darkosuvin
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REFLECTIONS ON AND AT A TANGENT FROM “Bertolt Brecht und der Kommunismus” (2008, 3,500 words)

Posted on 20 May 2008 by darkosuvin
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EMOTION, BRECHT, EMPATHY VS. SYMPATHY (2008, 7,650 words)

Posted on 19 May 2008 by darkosuvin

 Darko Suvin                                                                             … Continue reading →

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INSIDE THE WHALE, OR ETSI COMMUNISMUS NON DARETUR (2006-07, 9,800 words)

Posted on 26 May 2007 by darkosuvin

Reflections on How o Live When Communism Is a Necessity but Nowhere on the Horizon

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SOME DIFFERENTIATIONS WITHIN THE CONCEPTS OF “MYTH” (2007, 2,950 words)

Posted on 25 May 2007 by darkosuvin

R. Littlejohns and S. Soncini eds., Myths of Europe. Rodopi. , 2007 This brief overview is divided into sections: 1.1 Approaching “myth” and its divergent, indeed incompatible meanings; discussing first (in 1.2) Cassirer: all creative thought is myth; then (in … Continue reading →

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IMMIGRATION IN EUROPE TODAY: APARTHEID OR CIVIL COHABITATION? (2006-07, 11,510 words)

Posted on 25 May 2007 by darkosuvin

0. Introduction; 1. Changes in Mass Displacements: Are Non-Citizens People?; 2. Criteria and Value-Orientations: A Possible Epistemologico-Political Alternative: 2.1. Epistemology: Images of People’s Life, 2.2. Toward Politics: A Right to Citizenship as a Human Right; 3. Some Prospects for Civil … Continue reading →

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THE ARRESTED MOMENT IN BENJAMIN’S “THESES ON HISTORY”: EPISTEMOLOGY VS. POLITICS, IMAGE VS. STORY (1999-2007, 10,470 words)

Posted on 25 May 2007 by darkosuvin

THE INTELLECTUAL’S SEEING AND DOING; 1. INTELLECTUALS AND POLITICS, IMAGES AND STRUCTURE (genre, images as method, figural tableaux); 2. ANALYZING “CH” (division, grouping); 3. TIME AND HISTORY, IMAGE AND STORY (refusing the future and stories, arrested moment)

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