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Children and childhood in modern literature.

The seventy-three sonnets, unpublished in French, written by Walter Benjamin in memory of his friend Fritz Heinle, a poet who committed suicide at the age of 19, in despair or in protest against the advance of the First World War (bilingual edition).

A singular analysis of Italian poetic modernity and its relationship to reality, by the poet and theorist Gabriele Belletti.

First English translation of the seminal essay on type in architecture by Spanish architect Carlos Martí Arís.

First French translation of the seminal essay on type in architecture by Spanish architect Carlos Martí Arís.

Four decades of incisive writing about contemporary art, fired by enthusiasm and scepticism alike, by the eminent German cultural critic and commentator Walter Grasskamp (essays on Joseph Beuys, Hans Haacke, Duane Hanson, Jörg Immendorff, Axel Kasseböhmer, Alex Katz, Anselm Kiefer, Per Kirkeby, Karin Kneffel, Eduardo Paolozzi, Sigmar Polke, Markus Raetz, Gerhard Richter, Sarkis, Aldo Walker, Ben Willikens).

An unpublished tale by Raoul Ruiz.

An unpublished tale by Raoul Ruiz.

Vegetal life at the forefront of philosophical thought.

An original theory of power based on a dense and insightful inquiry into the consequences of the "Global War on Terror" and the security state, up to the imposition of neoliberal logic and the overflowing of the media made viral.

A study that explores the complex relationship between nationalism, traditionalism and the critique of modern culture in France in the decades preceding the First World War.

A tiny collection of three short stories by Chinese author Can Xue that immerse readers in a world where reality and absurdity collide.

Examining how things are sold and exchanged within diverse cultural environments, past and present through a collection of contributions by social anthropologists and historians, this book builds a bridge between social history, cultural anthropology and economics and marks a major step in our understanding of the cultural foundations of economic life and the sociology of culture.

It is a form of spiritual revolt that Spanish architect Carlos Martí Arís highlights through a transversal analysis of different artistic expressions that combine to enrich his reflection.

A collection of commissionned translations of a selection of key texts about Intermedia and Expanded Cinema in Japan.

English translation of Artaud le Mômo, edited in the spatial format Artaud intended, for the first time since its original edition in 1947. Includes eight original drawings by the French poet.

Four texts about the sky by Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673), English aristocrat, writer, philosopher and scientist whose salon was home to Descartes, Hobbes and Gassendi, precursor of feminism and author of one of the first works of science fiction.

First French translation of Shulamith Firestone's first novel.

Julien Blaine's performance manifesto.

Limited edition, numbered from 1 to 20, with an original artwork signed by the artist.

Through the detailed analysis of Antonin Artaud's psychiatric history, Lettrist master Isidore Isou delivers a real indictment in this singular text which is both an investigation and a pamphlet.

The Conclusive Scene - Mao Zedong's Last Meeting with the Red Guards, 28 June 1968 includes the first complete English translation of the Chinese Cultural Revolution document "Conversation in a Meeting with the Responsible Persons of the Capital Red Guards."

The first English-language anthology of writings by the Slovak critic Tomáš Štrauss.

A poetic document found during a political rally in 2019 (against prisons), without author's name nor any indication of origin. Only mention at the bottom of the last page: copying. to be freely distributed.

A story, between myth and reality, of Caravaggio, by parodic artist Arnaud Labelle-Rojoux.

Limited edition, numbered from 1 to 20, with an original artwork signed by the artist.

First French translation of Clemente Padìn's first poems.

This artist’s book gathers childhood memories, some lived experiences and personal reflections on the family histories and relations, and the ways in which they interweave with geographical locations.

Art as a set of practices which take as their theoretical and practical point of departure the whole of human relations and their social context: the manifesto that has renewed the approach of contemporary art since the 1990s.

The heart of the political-aesthetic debate.

Erin Manning expands her research on movement politics to the concept of minor gesture.

Sexuality as a properly philosophical problem of psychoanalysis.

The French translation of the second novel of the German writer.

French edition of Laura Mulvey's writings which range from analyses of Xala, Citizen Kane and Blue Velvet, to an extended engagement with the creations of Native American artist Jimmie Durham and the feminist photographer Cindy Sherman.

In 28 short poetic devices, the author marks a space of thought where the disenchanted memory strengthens the present word. Because “forgetfulness is also a violence”.

An anthology.

How to explain the intersection, during the twentieth century, of the ideology and theories on violence and creativity?

A pioneering approach to the history of emotions.

First French edition of an essential manifesto of modern art written by Russian writer, poet and journalist Ilya Ehrenburg in 1921.

The first French edition of the text on exile by ancient philosopher Favorinos (circa 80-150).

One of Levinas' rare statements focusing on the fine arts.

It is a form of spiritual revolt that Spanish architect Carlos Martí Arís highlights through a transversal analysis of different artistic expressions that combine to enrich his reflection.

The reissue, in a new translation, of one of the most important essays of Latin American poetry from the historical avant-gardes.

A seminal text of Contemporary Mexican poetry, inspired by the Tarahumara and peyote rituals. Included in appendix is the first manifesto of infra-realism, written by Anaya in 1975.

Two interviews in which Carmelo Bene exposes his working method and his ideas on television, and opens a reflection on the links between artistic avant-gardism and mass diffusion.

The first English translation of Hubert Fichte's investigation on New York's African diaspora in the late 1970s. Contesting the stylistic norms of ethnographic studies, Fichte offers an experimental, poetic, and radical reflection on the living conditions, struggles and cultural heritage of New York Africans.

Philosopher Ludger Schwarte presents a critical essay against the notion of contemporaneity in art and pleads for a renewed temporality: an art of futurity.

A biography of the founder of Pataphysics, by Alastair Brotchie.