spraying acid on stretched nylon, Metzger created art that destroyed itself in the very act of creation. In using violence creatively without producing a commodity for the mar-ketplace, Walker argues, Metzger attained the elusive unity of art and politics that earlier anarchists had sought.
"Centrality Without Philosophy: The Crisis In The Arts" Joseph Wesley Zeigler, in New York Affairs (vol. 4, no. 4, 1978). New York University, Graduate School of Public ~dministration, 4 Wash-ington...
William Haley, in The American Scholar (Summer 1978), 1811 Q St. N.W., Wash- ington, D.C.20009.
England has fallen from its imperial heights as rapidly as any nation in history. Prime Minister James Callaghan's Labor Party government currently faces grave labor agitation and economic woes, friction with its European Common Market partners, and pressure to give autonomy to Scotland and Wales.
But, although Britain seems to be teetering on the brink of ruin, it will survive, says Haley, former director-general...
Correlli Bar- nett, in TheIllustrated London News (May or Genius? 1978). British Publications Inc.. 11-03
46th Ave., Long Island City, N.Y. 11 101. Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France, was a master of modern pub- lic relations who brilliantly portrayed himself as a national hero and military genius. In reality, argues Barnett, author of the new biography Bonaparte, Napoleon "was not a heroic genius or a master of war at all, but an overconfident gambler pursuing a fundamentally unsound sys-...
Correlli Bar- nett, in TheIllustrated London News (May or Genius? 1978). British Publications Inc.. 11-03
46th Ave., Long Island City, N.Y. 11 101. Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France, was a master of modern pub- lic relations who brilliantly portrayed himself as a national hero and military genius. In reality, argues Barnett, author of the new biography Bonaparte, Napoleon "was not a heroic genius or a master of war at all, but an overconfident gambler pursuing a fundamentally unsound sys-...
producing an end to detente and a return to the Cold War. Detente, contends Cook, permits the Russians to pursue other world ventures without risk and encourages the West- em trade and credits essential to the economic well-being of Eastern Europe.
Since the election defeat, Cook writes, "Marchais has dropped all the cosmetics and returned to his true Stalinist colors-to thi irrita- tion and bitterness of comrades who really believed in Eurocommu- nism. . . ." The French Communist Party...
the small but powerful group of people (blacks as well as whites) who do well under the exist- ing system. Riddell concludes that the Ian Smith option entails little structural change, and thus offers little chance of solving basic eco- nomic inequities. The Popular Front option presents huge short-term problems but does address the needs of the poor majority, and "holds out the greatest hope for the war-weary Zimbabweans."
"Between Repression and Reform: A Stranger's Impressions...
the small but powerful group of people (blacks as well as whites) who do well under the exist- ing system. Riddell concludes that the Ian Smith option entails little structural change, and thus offers little chance of solving basic eco- nomic inequities. The Popular Front option presents huge short-term problems but does address the needs of the poor majority, and "holds out the greatest hope for the war-weary Zimbabweans."
"Between Repression and Reform: A Stranger's Impressions...
by Dierdre Bair
Harcourt, 1978
736 pp. $19.95
L of C 77-92527
by Irving Kristol
Basic Books, 1978
288 pp. $10
L of C 77-20408
by Jack Bass and
Walter De Vries
Basic Books, 1976,538 pp.
$17; New American Library,
1977,543 pp. $5.95
L of C 75-36375
ISBN 0-452-00470-5 pbk.