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‘These are magic books’: bringing imaginary works of literature to life

The Guardian 11 Dec 2024
On Comedy, the influential treatise on theater thought to have burned at a Benedictine Abbey in 1327 (at least, according to Umberto Eco’s 1980 novel The Name of the Rose) ... The one commonality? None of them exist ... ....
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32 Movies About Religion That Aren't A Complete Slog

Cinema Blend 01 Dec 2024
Let's be honest, sometimes movies about religion can be a brutal watch ... (Image credit ... In The Name Of The Rose, based on a book of the same name by Umberto Eco, is as much a murder mystery as it is a religious commentary ... (Image credit ... (Image credit ... .
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Top 10 ‘Books of the Year’ unveiled

Shenzhen Daily 20 Nov 2024
Umberto Eco (Italy), translated by Wen Zheng ... The book is a collection of lectures Umberto Eco delivered at the Milan Arts Festival from 2001 to 2015. The collection is regarded as Eco’s literary legacy of the new millennium.
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Netanyahu and Trump: The fascist tag team from hell

The New Arab 13 Nov 2024
Indeed, Netanyahu’s investment paid off ... Beyond similarities in their backgrounds, personalities and motivations, Trump and Netanyahu exemplify figureheads of what Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco described as “Ur-fascism.’ ... Follow him on X.
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Historic Sicilian saga reveals Mafia’s clandestine beginnings

San Francisco Chronicle 12 Nov 2024
First published in serial form between 1909 and 1910 under the title "The Beati Paoli," the two volume 1971 Italian edition featured an introduction by Umberto Eco.
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Biden wants Americans to "bring down the temperature" — but MAGA will not let that happen

Yahoo Daily News 12 Nov 2024
Even prominent Trump supporters were making these "unity" and "peace" noises in the aftermath ... "He’s got to unite people ... My favorite text regarding fascism is Umberto Eco's 1995 essay ... As Eco noted, it's a central paradox of fascism ... View comments ....
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Belarusian Prankster Dupes Russian Teachers Into Wearing Tinfoil Hats To Ward Off 'Foreign Enemies'

Radio Free Europe 11 Nov 2024
On Telegram, he said his latest prank was the continuation of “measuring the level of fascistization of Russian society” based on Italian historian Umberto Eco’s renowned essay, Ur-Fascism. SEE ALSO ... ....
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Umberto Eco's chilling warning: 14 signs of fascism

Boing Boing 08 Nov 2024
Umberto Eco's 1995 essay "Ur-Fascism" outlines 14 common features ... The post Umberto Eco's chilling warning.
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Donald Trump’s re-election is disastrous for free speech

X Index 06 Nov 2024
Despite what he claims, Trump is no poster boy for free speech ... His record on this is worrying ... David E ... In Umberto Eco’s essay Censorship and Silence, the Italian twentieth century scholar argued that too much information was an intentional tactic ... ....
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Gliff by Ali Smith review – reading the signs of crisis

The Observer 03 Nov 2024
Ali Smith has never been afraid to take cleverness seriously ... Not many novelists could have pulled that off ... The Name of the Rose, by trained semiotician Umberto Eco, may have been formidably erudite, but it was also titanically inconsequential ... Share ... .
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Opinion: In his fascist outfit, Trump frightens millions

Lawrence Journal World 01 Nov 2024
Umberto Eco, the Italian philosopher and novelist born in 1932, actually won a prize at age 10 for his essay on “Should we die for the glory of Mussolini and the immortal destiny of ...
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Why Al Pacino’s ‘Sonny Boy’ is a story you have to hear

Orange County Register 01 Nov 2024
There’s a voice whispering in my ear, telling me a story ... SearchEric Idle” on their website and you can see or purchase formerly Idle-owned books by or about people such as Paul McCartney, John le Carré, Martin Amis, Umberto Eco or Naomi Campbell ... 2.
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Trump’s closing argument: full-throated fascism

Alternet 21 Oct 2024
They’re evil ... They’ve done things that nobody thought was even possible.” ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... *These five elements appear in the works of cultural theorist Umberto Eco, historians Emilio Gentile and Ian Kershaw, political scientist Roger Griffin, and former U.S.
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Kafka’s Creative Block and the Four Psychological Hindrances That Keep the Talented from Manifesting Their Talent

Brainpickings 20 Oct 2024
Franz Kafka. “I won’t give up the diary again ... “Wrote nothing,” he laments in entry after entry ... Begin tomorrow ... Art from The Three Astronauts — Umberto Eco’s vintage semiotic children’s book about world peace 3 ... .
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Review: At Home in Two Worlds by Maria Aurora Couto

Hindustan Times 21 Sep 2024
Essays on Goa, from playwright Girish Karnad, a life-long friend whose passing she mourned deeply, to Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, Turkish novelist and Nobel Prize recipient Orhan Pamuk and Italian philosopher Umberto Eco ... She lives in London.

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