Category Archives: art

Reminiscences of Ibne Hasan, continued

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Mike

From time to time, I decide to comb through my various e-mail accounts as well as my desktop and external hard drives looking for old conversations with my late friend Ibne Hasan. At this point – almost four years after … Continue reading →

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The Red Army in Vienna

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Mike

A friend who recently traveled to Vienna, Austria sent me some photos he took of the city’s monuments to the Red Army. The main monument (depicted in the bottom two photos) is the Heldendenkmal der Roten Armee, which serves as a … Continue reading →

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The Struggle Between the Theory of Classes and the Theory of Human Nature in Literature and Art

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Mike

Below is an original, annotated transcription of Su Hsi’s 1972 article “The Struggle Between the Theory of Classes and the Theory of Human Nature in Literature and Art” from Peking Review, Vol. 15, No 23; June 9, 1972 (available in … Continue reading →

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Ibne Hasan’s “Literature and Objective Truth” (excerpt)

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Mike

Below is a short excerpt from the late Syed Ibne Hasan’s unfinished manuscript “Literature and Objective Truth.” Hasan’s former students Sibghat and Nasira translated this version from Urdu and it is presented here with their kind permission. I have made … Continue reading →

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