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thaumaturgy (en)

(noun) the performance of miracles / (noun) magic

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Aesthetics and Politics
by Bertolt Brecht, Ernst Bloch, Fredric Jameson, György Lukács, Theodor W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin

Aesthetics and Politics
by Bertolt Brecht, Ernst Bloch, Fredric Jameson, György Lukács, Theodor W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin

Aesthetics and Politics
by Bertolt Brecht, Ernst Bloch, Fredric Jameson, György Lukács, Theodor W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin


credulous believer in the thaumaturgical virtue of 'calling things by their names'

—p.106 Presentation III (100) by Bertolt Brecht, Ernst Bloch, Fredric Jameson, György Lukács, Theodor W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin
uncertain
8 years, 11 months ago

Frantumaglia: A Writer's Journey
by Elena Ferrante

Frantumaglia: A Writer's Journey
by Elena Ferrante

Frantumaglia: A Writer's Journey
by Elena Ferrante


Is it therapy, is it thaumaturgy?

—p.122 PAPERS: 1991-2003 (1) by Elena Ferrante
uncertain
2 years, 7 months ago