Theory of the Great Game: Writings from Le Grand Jeu

Theory of the Great Game: Writings from Le Grand Jeu

Rene Daumal, Roger Gilbert-Lecomte, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Roger Vailland • Atlas Press

ISBN-10: 1900565676 · ISBN-13: 978‑1900565677 · 2015

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This collection presents the foundational manifestos and critical essays of Le Grand Jeu, the radical French avant-garde group active between 1928 and 1932. Through a synthesis of metaphysical inquiry, poetic experimentation, and anti-establishment critique, the authors challenged the boundaries of Surrealism and traditional philosophy. These translated writings offer a rigorous examination of the group's pursuit of absolute knowledge and their rejection of bourgeois cultural norms.

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