The Culture of Lies: Antipolitical EssaysPenn State Press, 1998 - 273 страници The Culture of Lies is one of the most intelligent and lucid accounts of an appalling episode in history. It shows us the banality and brutality of nationalism and the way that nationalistic ideology permeates every pore of life. Ugre&ši&_'s acerbic and penetrating essays cover everything from politics to daily routine, from public to private life. With a diverse and unusual perspective, she writes about memory, soap operas, the destruction of everyday life, kitsch, the conformity of intellectuals, propaganda and censorship, the strategies of human manipulation and the walls of Europe which, she argues, never really did fall. Shot through with irony and sadness, satirical protest and bitter melancholy, The Culture of Lies is a gesture of intellectual resistance by a writer branded 'a traitor' and 'a witch&’ in Croatia. |
Съдържание
Foreword | vii |
Preface | xi |
DARK BEGINNING | 1 |
THE PALINDROME CONSPIRACY | 11 |
My First Primer | 13 |
The Palindrome Story | 20 |
Priests and Parrots | 34 |
SWEET STRATEGIES | 47 |
Because Were Just Boys | 113 |
Balkan Blues | 128 |
The Tale of the Bomb and the Book | 151 |
Intellectual | 177 |
FOOTNOTES | 189 |
IN RUINS | 203 |
Life as a Soap Opera | 205 |
The Confiscation of Memory | 217 |
Gingerbread Heart Culture | 49 |
The Realisation of a Metaphor | 55 |
The Culture of Lies | 66 |
Good Night Croatian Writers Wherever You May Be | 86 |
CONVERSATIONS OR REPAIRING THE TAP IN THREE EPISODES | 97 |
CULTURE AND GUNPOWDER | 111 |
Nice People Dont Mention Such Things | 236 |
SOUVENIRS FROM PARADISE | 253 |
Glossary | 269 |
Note | 275 |