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ENGLISH VERSION CULTURE WAR

Editorial [page 6]
were part, almost a hundred years ago, de S.Paulo, Veja magazine, TV Cultura and
TO WAR, TO CULTURAL of the discussions held at the forum of Memorial da América Latina. In this edition,
she wrote the article about the Mexican
the International Institute for Intellectual
WAR, TO ART Cooperation (IICI), founded in 1926, in Paris, city of Tijuana.
What arE WE doing hErE? Accompanying which aimed to “strengthen collaboration
an endless amount of daily wars, a war between intellectuals of different cultures talES aB’SÁBEr is a psychoanalyst,
of news, coming from all corners of the and nationalities, in order to create essayist and filmmaker, professor of the
planet, increasingly frequent fake news , conditions conducive to the emergence of a philosophy of Psychoanalysis at the Federal
information that reveals a polarization of new humanism, with the aim of supporting University of São Paulo. Winner of two
ideas – political, religious, social – that efforts for peace.” Germany, which was Jabutis awards, Ab’Sáber is the author of,
operate and believe in different civilizations. preparing for the immediate future of World among others, Lulism, pop charisma and
The sites of the battle have been marked War II, banned its publication. anti- critical culture (Hedra, 2011). In this
for centuries and have been portrayed in This new edition focuses on conflicts to edition, he responds to critic João Cezar
epic tragedies in literature and art. And in which we continue to be exposed: Fabio de Castro Rocha ‘s question about his
this battle there has always been a sector Cypriano addresses the Cultural Wars ; documentary Interven here , Love doesn’t
of humanity that pulses for life and another Maria Hirszman recalls the 1964 Coup mean much.
that pulses for death. and its echoes, with an interview with
We understand life as part of the defense historian João Cézar de Castro Rocha, JotaBÊ MEdEiroS is a reporter and
of our civilization, respect for others, for who dedicated himself to examining biographer, among others, of the singer
nature, for the evolution of knowledge, the speeches of the extreme right in an Belchior. He was a reporter for O Estado
science, for the appreciation of culture. attempt to understand the reasons for the de S.Paulo and Folha de S.Paulo, among
On the other side, there is censorship, contemporary movement. others. Jotabê writes an article about the
cancellations, untruths, catechization, Jotabê Medeiros writes about religious power and prejudice strategies of churches.
living in excess, despite the lack of violence and brings a powerful testimony
everything for the other. from filmmaker Luiz Bolognesie. In an CULTURaL WaR/HISTORY [pageS 8 TO 24]
With technology, what has changed is interview with Fabio Cypriano, artist
the way we see all of this, speed and its Mauricio Dias, from the duo Dias & Riedweg, WHY WAR?*
universal dimension. also denounces catechizing violence. In 1932, an exchange of letters between
This edition features several articles, The edition also features the visceral the father of physics, Albert Einstein, and
interviews and reports that portray, from works of Maranhão artist Thiago Martins the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund
different angles, different forms of violence de Melo, a report by Leonor Amarante Freud, translated the concerns of the two
that are repeated and, at the same time, amid demonstrations by Mexican women humanist intellectuals in that first third
of the 20th century. In the letters, both
how art and culture, throughout history, defending their rights and cultural questioned each other, from perspectives
dribble and play defense and attack, investments in Ceará – not only in Fortaleza, completely different, the reason for
making repetition the place of the possible. but also in Juazeiro do Norte and in the armed conflicts, shortly before the
In Paradoxes of Repetition , Crato, with the construction of the Cariri outbreak of the Second World War.
psychoanalyst and writer Dominique Cultural Center. Initiatives that provide bY paTRICIa ROUSSeaUx
Fingermann argues: the necessary breath to continue moving
“There is no more eminently clinical forward. Good reading! More than 100 years later, the
subject for a psychoanalyst than the collaborators [page 6] correspondence between Einstein and
problem of repetition. The reason for Freud remains more current than ever.
so many laments, repetition seems to Issue 66. March April May 2024 And, in the same universal and timeless
structure our own capacity to suffer, it can artebrasileiros.com.br. Cover: O Cão e a dimension as them, today we question the
lead someone to engage in the experience Alma [The Dog and the Soul]. Sculptures limits between Law and violence, between
of an analysis, it can become each person’s by NaIaN, artisan from Centro Cultural terrorism and religious obscurantism,
most intimate hell. (…) Each analysis can Mestre Noza, Juazeiro do Norte. Photo pR be it in Israel’s attacks on Gaza, in the
access this turning point, that is, beyond resurgence of neo-fascism and the extreme
its pathetic or tedious redundancy, extract FaBio CYPriano, art critic and journalist, right in Europe, in the USa and in Latin
the ethical scope of repetition. Because, is director of the Faculty of Philosophy, America.
if in psychoanalysis the phenomenon Communication, Letters and Arts at
presents itself as a spoilsport, philosophy pUC-Sp and is part of the editorial board EinStEin WritES:
extracts from this paradoxical temporality of aRTe!Brasileiros . Cypriano writes about PotSdaM, JulY 30, 1932
something that returns, always current the culture wars on social media and also
and unique, never past, art and music use about the film The Back of Heaven , by the Dear Professor Freud
their resources to produce the most new duo Dias & Riedweg. The proposal of the League of Nations and
and surprising, and poetry plays with its its International Institute for Intellectual
rhythm to make use of its rhyme and its Maria hirSZMan is a journalist and art Cooperation in Paris that I invite a person
own pulse.” critic. She worked at Jornal da Tarde and of my own choosing to a frank exchange of
We present, on pages xxxxxxx, a historical O Estado de São Paulo. She is a researcher views on some problem of my own choosing
correspondence between the father of in art history, with a master’s degree from offers me excellent opportunity to confer
physics, Albert Einstein, and the doctor USp. In this edition, Maria writes about with you on a question which, as things
and father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund the events that recall the 1964 coup and stand, appears to be the most urgent of all
Freud. These letters were published in 1933, interviews historian João Cezar de Castro the problems that civilization has to face.
in Paris, in English, French and German, Rocha. This is the problem: is there any way
under the title Why the war? lEonor aMarantE is a journalist, curator to free humanity from the threat of war?
The reflections contained in them and editor. She worked at Jornal O Estado It is common knowledge that, with the

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