Dialectique de la dialectique
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Dialectique de la dialectique is a 1945 text publication by Romanian surrealists Gherasim Luca
and Dolfi Trost
. Its subtitle was Message to the International Surrealist Movement. Like the artists previous work it was largely based on surrealist theory
and the sustainance of the surrealist movement.
It called for the preservation of the surrealist movement in a "constantly revolutionary state" to counter the decline of the movement. It begins by criticising the then movement's "artistic deviation" and "the petrification of its revolutionary effort". Following this it makes a statement as to how artist's can counter this: by "constantly surpass[ing] itself". Love
is declared to be the "principal method of knowledge and action" for the artists. Finally the artists declare the need to "revolt against nature and dissolving the oedipal complex
in order to liberate love".
Gherasim Luca
Gherasim Luca was a Surrealist theorist and Romanian poet. He is frequently cited in the works of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari.- Biography :...
and Dolfi Trost
Dolfi Trost
Dolfi or Dolphi Trost was a Romanian surrealist poet, artist, and theorist, and the instigator of entopic graphomania. Together with Gherasim Luca, he was the author of Dialectique de la dialectique...
. Its subtitle was Message to the International Surrealist Movement. Like the artists previous work it was largely based on surrealist theory
Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
and the sustainance of the surrealist movement.
It called for the preservation of the surrealist movement in a "constantly revolutionary state" to counter the decline of the movement. It begins by criticising the then movement's "artistic deviation" and "the petrification of its revolutionary effort". Following this it makes a statement as to how artist's can counter this: by "constantly surpass[ing] itself". Love
Love
Love is an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment. In philosophical context, love is a virtue representing all of human kindness, compassion, and affection. Love is central to many religions, as in the Christian phrase, "God is love" or Agape in the Canonical gospels...
is declared to be the "principal method of knowledge and action" for the artists. Finally the artists declare the need to "revolt against nature and dissolving the oedipal complex
Oedipus complex
In psychoanalytic theory, the term Oedipus complex denotes the emotions and ideas that the mind keeps in the unconscious, via dynamic repression, that concentrate upon a boy’s desire to sexually possess his mother, and kill his father...
in order to liberate love".