Table Of ContentInt hifsas cniaticnogl lenc,Jtaicoques
Rancieornee,o ft hew orldm'oss t
impotranatn di nfluteinalvlii ng
philosopehxpelrosr,te hsen atuorfe
cosnensiunsc otnemporarpyo liicts.
Consensiusns o tp eacIen.s teiatd
reefrtso a m apo fo pertaionosfw aro,f
at opoagprhyo ft hev isibolfwe h,a ti s
posisblaen dw hatc anb et houghitn,
which waanrdp eaclei vsei dbey--side.
Lyinagt t heh earotft hesceo snenslu a
timeasr en ewf ormso fr aciasnmd
ethncilce anshiunmga,in tarwiaarns
andw ars agtaiernrsoCtro .n sensaulss o
impliuessi ntgi mien a w ayt haste es
ini ta thousadnedvo iust urnsT.h is
ise vdienitn t hei necsstad niangoses
oft hep resenatn do fa mnesisatca te
poliitcisn,t hefa reweltlots h ep ast,
thec ommemoraitonasn,d t hec alltso
remember.
All thestew isatnsdt urntse ntdo ward
the sagmoea: tl o swh tohaotn lyo ne
realeixtiys atnsdt hat hwaev te o
cosnentto i tB.u td emocartci poiltics
stanidnst hew ayo f tuhnidse rtiankg.
Thesceh orniclaeismt or e-opetnh e
spacienw hichi t caagna ibnet houhtg.
CHRONICLOEFSC ONSENSUTAILME S
Alsoa viallaefbro m Conitnu:u m
Beinagn dE ventA,l aBiand iou
C,JI1diAtilao nl iB1s a,id o u
Infinite ThoughAt,l aBianid ou
LOHiocfsW orld,A slaBianid ou
TheoretWirciatli nAgsl,a Bianid ou
Tileoorfty h eS ubjeActl,ia nB adiou
SeeiltlhgeI nvisiMbliceh, eHle nry
After FinituQdeu,ne tinM eilslasoxu
Time foRre volutiAonnot,n iNoe gri
DisselJ1saqlcIuse,Rs an ceier
P,llitiCl orA esthetJiacqscu,c Rsa nciee r
TilFei vSee nseMs,ic heSle crsr
Arta llFde arP,a llVl iroi li
NCf/iivlctH orizoPna,l lVli roi li
Fort hicno g:m
AlthussLeers'sso Jn,aq cueRsan ciere
Mal/annJea,q cueRsan cice r
CHRONICLOEFS
CONSENSUTAILM ES
JacquReasn ciere
TranslabtySe tde veCno rcoran
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Cotnetns
Preface vii
TheH eaadn dt heS toamchJ,an uary1 996
2 BorgeisnS arajeMvaor,c 1h9 96 4
3 Fin deS ieclaen dN ewM illennMiauym1 ,99 6 8
4 ColdR acisJmuy,l1 996 12
5 TheL asEtn emyN,o evmbe19r9 6 16
6 TheG roundPelda nJea,un ary1 997 20
7 Dialecitnti hcDe ialeActugiucs1,t9 97 24
8 Voyagteot heC ountroyft heL asStoc ioilsotgNso,v emb19e9r7 28
9 Justiinct eh eP asAtp,r 1i9l9 8 32
10 TheC risoifAs r to ra C risoifTs h oughJtul?y1 998 36
11I sC niemat oB almeM?a rc1h9 99 40
12T heN ameleWsasrM ,a y1 999 44
13O neI magRei ghCtan SweepAw ay AnothOecrt,o 1b9e9r9 49
14 TheS yllogoifCs ormr uptiOocnt,o 2b0e0r0 53
15V oi/cVoiilTah:eD estionfIy m ageJsau,na ry2 001 57
16F romFa cttosI nterpretTahteNi eownQ su:a rroevle r
theH olocaAupsrt2i,0l 0 1 62
17F romOn eT ortutroAe n othJeurn,2e 0 01 66
18 TheF ilmmaktehrPe, e opalnedt heG overnmeAnugtu,s2 t0 01 70
19T imeW,o rdWsa,r N,o evmbe20r0 1 74
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CONTENTS
20 Philosoipnth hye Bathorom,J anua20ry0 2 78
21 Prisonseo rft heI nfiniMtear,c 2h0 02 82
22 FromO neM ontho fM ay toA noth,eJ run2e0 02 87
23 VictHourg o:T heA mbiguitioefas B icentneayr,A ugus2t0 02 92
24 TheM achinea ndt he Foetu,Js anua2ry0 03 97
25 The Deatho ft heA uthoorr t heL ifeo ft heA rtisAtp?r i/200130 1
26 TheL ogiocfA mnesiJalIn, e2 003 106
27 TheI nserciutPyri nicplSee, pte2m0b0e3r 101
28 The NewF itcionosfE viNlo, vmebe2r0 03 141
29 CriminDaelm ocrcay?M arc2h0 04 120
30 TheD ifficLuelgta coyfM icheFlo uacultJ,u n2e0 04 124
31 TheN ew Reasofnosrt heL ieA,ug us2t0 04 129
32 BeyonAdr tO? cto2b0e0r4 I D
33 TheP oiltsio cfI mageFseb, raur2y0 05 137
34 Democraacnyd I tDso ctorMsa, y2 005 141
Notes 145
Index 149
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Perface
Thec hroniccollelse chteerader ec hosen tfhroosmIe w rotoev ear
IO-yepaerr iaottd h ei nvitatiloanr Bgoreaf z ial diaainnl eyw spaptehre,
FolhdeaS aPoa uolT.h et hemebsr oacwheerdse o metipmreosp otsoem de
byt hnee wspapMeorr.eo fteIwn a,s l etfotc hootshee fmr oamm ontgh e
factthsr owunp b yw hatw ec alclu rreanftf airs: dneabtaitaoennsda l
worldwide ceoxnhfilbiictotirsno ,en wsfi lms.
Butt hec hroniicsnl oeta wayo fr espondtiotn hgee venotfsp assing
timeF.o r pastsiimpnerg,e cisdeolseny o,te n counetveern Etvse.n atrse
alwawyasy so fs topptiinmgeo ,fc onstrutchtevi enrgty e mporablyi ty
whicthh ecya nb ei dentiafisee vde nTtoss .p eaokfa c hroniisctl ose p eak
ofa t ypoefr eignno:tt h cea reoefar k inbgu,tt h sec ansoifao t ni maen d
thet racoifna gt errriyat,s o pecicfiocn fiugratiooftn h awth ichha ppens,
am odeo fp ercepotfiw ohnai tsn otabalr ee,g imei notefer tpartoifot nh e
oladn dt hnee wo,f t hei mportaanndtt h ea ncilloaftr hye, posasnidb le
thiem possible.
Ib elieIvc eodu lsdu mu pw hatr eigtnosd auyn detrh en ameo fc no
sensBuustc. o nsenissnu osat t a lwlh aits a ptto b ew rittaebno uittb ya
disenchalnitteedr aat sutraeot:fe t hew orlidnw hicehv eryocnoen
vergiensv eritwaobrlseh oiftp h lei tdtilfef eriennw chei,cs ht ropnags
sioannsd g reiadte aylise ldt hatedo uj stmenotfns a rcisssaitsitsiofcna. sc ti
Twentyy earasg o, some tmhiinndktsih,ne gm selfvaeciseo tupsr,a ised
thinse wm oods,u rteo a ccotrhde i nstituotfdi eomnosc cryaw itiht s
moreTso.ad y,m ore miannddso ,f tetnh es ameo nest,h inktihnegm
selvseosl emcno,n demtnh irse igonf' masisn dividu-ailniw shmi'c h
thesye teh re oootfa ldli ctato-rfsohirit pesns f eebolifnt ghg er ecaot l
lectviivret uWees .k nocwo mmoonir gionft hesaec tosfb raveirnty h e
servoifci en tellectuatlh edtyea bkfaert oeTmso :c quebvoitlhhli eps r aise
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PREFACE
oft heg entlmeo re,o fd emocarcy andh icso ndemnatioofni tisnc lination
tos ervidteu.
Thep agetsh afto ofwl reclatlo u st hacto nsensduose nso tc onsiisntt h e
paciftiicaoonf a ttituadnedbs o ditehs udse sicbre.dN ewf ormosf r acism
ande thniccl enasign,' humatnairni'aw ars and' warsa gaitnt serraorre'
at tchoeer of tchoen snesuatli mecsh ornilcehde reA.l sfoe tauirngp rom
innetlayer cniematogarphci ficotnis tooft awlar andr adiacle vli,a nd
intecltlueaplo lemiocvse trh ei ntperretatoifot nh eN azgie noicdeC.o n
sensusi sn otp eaec.I ti sa mapo fw aro peartionsa ,t opogprhayo ft he
viisbIet.h et hinakblea nd tphoes sibilnwe h ichw ara ndp eaec are
lodegd.
Whatc onsensmuesa nsi,ne ffecistn .o tp eopls aeg'reemeanmto ngst
thcmselvebsu tt hem atchionfgs enswei ht senes:t hea ccordm ade
betweean s enrsyor egimeo ft hep resentaotfit ohnig nsa nda modeo f
intperertatiooftn h ierm eaningTh.e c onsengsouvsre ninugsi sarn achnil'
ofp owl'irn sfoara si ti sa machinol'f v isi.oI ntc liamsto obsrevem erely
thawth ihc we can alls eeil la ilgnitnwgo p ropositaiboonust stthaeot ef
thew orldo:n em aintatihnaswt e havec omea tl asttol ivient imeosf
peacteh;e o thres tattehse condoiftt ihoapnte aec t-her ecoigtnitohna t
theren oim so re thanw hat thiesrA.el l tahrgeu mentdse velopoend
behfao lft hee ndo fu topiaansd o fh istocrany b es ummedu p int his
nutshle.lA llgeed,lw ye hada timoef w ar.T hiwsa st het imweh enp eople
wantemdo ret hanw hatt herwea s: nots impleyc onomigcr oupbsu t
sociaclal ssenso,ts implay p opulatbiuotan p eoplen,o ts implvya rious
difrfeenitn etresttosa lign wointeah n othbeurt w orldisnc onflincott,
simplay f uteu trop redti bcuta futurtoel ibreateS.o ,w e nowl ivien
timeosfp eaec fohra vinlgi beraotuesrde lvoefs atlhles seup pleemntso,f
altlh espeh antoms,r efaolirin gzh encefrotht hawth ati si,sa ltlh eries .
Buta ltlo oo ftetnh e pee iancvokeedv adeisto sb viousnse:as body of
workerresej cttsh ea ssteirotnh atth erieso nlyw hatt heer isa,n dt hat
onlgyo vrenmentksn owh owt ol inwkh ati st ow hatw ill ebxet;r emis!
partireesn ew twhaera ganistf oreignteotr hse r ace;n eww arsi nscribe
righotfbs l ood ando nms oaislsc arebdo dies; atnerdtr hoewr a ra gainst
terrotra keea hc otehrO il.C Ollsenusst,h erefiosrte h,em achinoefv ision
andi nterprettahtamituo sn tc easelessestal pyp earanrciegshp tu,tw ar
andp eaec bakc int heiprla c.Ie tpsr incipaliem sto b es ipmleW.a r,s ays
them achinet,a kes pellaescwhee raen di n tphaes ti:n c ountrtiheasat r e
sitlslu jbugatetdo tohbes culraew o fb looadn ds oiiln,t hea rchaic
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