André Breton, Necropolitics, and the Pessimistic Turn in Surrealism's Centenary
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A reflective essay examining the legacy of surrealism 100 years after its founding, focusing on André Breton's work through the lens of contemporary pessimism, necropolitics, and political crisis. The author traces how surrealism has been reinterpreted across different eras—from 1990s fascination with desire and the irrational to today's darker preoccupations with death, power, and political decay. The piece uses new translations of Breton's books as a springboard to explore how surrealist thought remains relevant in an age of global crisis, connecting the movement's original anti-capitalist, anti-colonialist impulses to current political struggles.
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· 3 pulledIt is a sign of these very different times that pessimism came so readily to mind as I considered a series of new translations of books by André Breton.
Of course, our understanding of any movement—literary, artistic, philosophical, political—will reflect the exigencies of the moment.
PESSIMISM IS NOT A WORD frequently associated with the legacy of surrealism.
André Breton, necropolitics, and 100 years of surrealism.
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