Ego Trips and Empathy Falls

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humanities/philosophy

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published 30/08/2007

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Although both drastically different in philosophy, Surrealism and Russian Futurism failed to endure, but in similar ways. Surrealism, as defined by Andre Breton, is grounded in past philosophies while Mayakovsky’s Russian futurism floats somewhere in an intangible future. Breton often channels the likes of Immanuel Kant, writing with undertones of aestheticism combined with the modernist demeanor of keeping separate from regular people. Mayakovsky endeavors to invent a movement independent of any previous ones with the aid of an entirely new audience. While both men were heavily influenced by the current Communist state, the real politics they played were the politics of humanity.

Breton's distaste for people is exemplified through his persistent nostalgia for places and objects
Extremely cultivated, she has no objection to discussing her literary favorites
Mayakovsky was able to include other people in a way that Breton was not
Breton, however, did not have nearly as much confidence in the masses, namely the working class to which Manakovsky seemed so devoted
In including both private and collective points of view, he risked confusing the two
Mayakovsky became too connected with the masses as he lived vicariously through them
At the end of Nadja, Breton expresses final sentiments of his contempt for the masses, by declaring his desire to be isolated
As one man deliberately remains disconnected from his audience, the other unintentionally creates a disconnect between his goals and his audience