Tag Archives: Carnival

Mikhail Bakhtin: Carnival against capital

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Julius Gavroche

Although the present age presents itself as a series of frequently recurring festivities, it is an age that knows nothing of real festivals. The moments within cyclical time when members of a community joined together in a luxurious expenditure of … Continue reading →

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Carnival against capital: Remembering a living past (June 18, 1999)

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Julius Gavroche

Carnival is a pageant without footlights and without a division into performers and spectators. In carnival everyone is an active participant, everyone communes in the carnival act… The laws, prohibitions, and restrictions that determine the structure and order of ordinary, … Continue reading →

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