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Caballero, Oscar
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Arnold I. Davidson and the role of philosophy in daily life
In an interview conducted by Oscar Caballero et Josep Massot, Amerian philosopher Arnold I. Davidson describes that "philosophy, as a spiritual exercise, is practiced on oneself, a changing action I perform on myself. ... This implies a transformation, an attempt to link personal ethics and practices. It's an aesthetic of existence, in order to live a new and beautiful life. ... Philosophy must enter into daily life to transform all its aspects. ... Writers have understood this better than philosophers. ... In 'If this is a man', Primo Levy demonstrates that the concept of good and evil always supposes a context, but in a concentration camp, there is no readily available context, and as a result we have to imagine the world differently. Primo Levi ... shows us the world from another point of view. Philosophy must relearn this task by following the example of novelists, poets, artists, musicians."
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Julio González, a pioneer of 20th Century sculpture
Oscar Caballero is delighted that the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris is devoting an exhibition to the Catalonian sculptor Julio González (1876-1942), who lived in France for a large part of his life. "A pioneer, along with Brancusi, of 20th Century sculpture, he transformed ironwork into an art form; indifferent to the borders between cubism and surrealism, between figurative and abstract art, the Barcelonan Juilo González was multitalented - drawing, painting and sculpting - and influenced the greatest. ... [The exposition shows everything from] the first examples of his metalwork to his excellent drawings at the end of his life: in 1942, sculpture was impossible due to lack of materials. In addition to the drawings of Roberta González [his daughter], a talented but relatively unknown painter, documents and paintings, and the bronze and iron that alternate, you can see the 'Tête en profondeur' (1930), the first work of art made during the 20th Century to be classified as a 'national treasure' in France."
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The centenary of Beckett's birth
To mark the celebrations in Paris of the centenary of Samuel Beckett's birth (1906-1989), the daily offers a portrait of the novelist and playwright. "This Irish Nobel Prize laureate, a scowling man who rejected any reference to a national identity, was coy when it came to interviews - he never gave one on television - and was part of the resistance [during the second world war] in a France that he had chosen due to Ireland's cozy neutrality. He accompanied his mother and two brothers in their final hours, and then took financial responsibility for their children. He militated for human rights in Algeria, against the imprisonment of Arrabal and Havel and, with the money from his Nobel Prize, financed difficult theatrical projects, painters and poets."
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