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It's timeless. You can read it not often enough. It's important. Umberto Ecos whole #essay about #UrFascism. Eco composed the text for a speech at a conference at Columbia University on April 25th 1995 under the rubric "Eternal Fascism". https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism

#UmbertoEco #longread #NoToFascism #resist #mustread #elections #Wahlen

It's timeless. You can read it not often enough. It's important. Umberto Ecos whole #essay about #UrFascism. Eco composed the text for a speech at a conference at Columbia University on April 25th 1995 under the rubric "Eternal Fascism". https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism

#UmbertoEco #longread #NoToFascism #resist #mustread #elections #Wahlen

It's timeless. You can read it not often enough. It's important. Umberto Ecos whole #essay about #UrFascism. Eco composed the text for a speech at a conference at Columbia University on April 25th 1995 under the rubric "Eternal Fascism". https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism

#UmbertoEco #longread #NoToFascism #resist #mustread #elections #Wahlen

It's timeless. You can read it not often enough. It's important. Umberto Ecos whole #essay about #UrFascism. Eco composed the text for a speech at a conference at Columbia University on April 25th 1995 under the rubric "Eternal Fascism". https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism

#UmbertoEco #longread #NoToFascism #resist #mustread #elections #Wahlen

It's timeless. You can read it not often enough. It's important. Umberto Ecos whole #essay about #UrFascism. Eco composed the text for a speech at a conference at Columbia University on April 25th 1995 under the rubric "Eternal Fascism". https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism

#UmbertoEco #longread #NoToFascism #resist #mustread #elections #Wahlen

#BookChatWeekly #UmbertoEco #UmbertoEcoSky #FoucaultsPendulum #BookSky #Literature #LiteratureSky #ItalianLiterature #Fiction #FictionSky #ItalianFiction #Mystery #ItalianMystery #MysterySky #Philosophy #PhilosophySky #Occult #OccultSky #ReadABookDay

I see yet another thread where reasonable and respectful users receive undeserved accusations, getting silenced by other users who aren't even trying to understand.

When this happens, #UmbertoEco's words come to my mind.

In his #UrFascism essay he talked about the #Resistance movement in Italy.
A key figure in the fight against Mussolini was #EdgardoSogno. He wasn't a #Communist, rather a reactionary monarchist. Yep, that's right.

Divisions only make us weaker.

https://ia802906.us.archive.org/31/items/umberto-eco-ur-fascism/umberto-eco-ur-fascism.pdf

Se tante città italiane hanno un corso o una piazza #PietroMicca, è perché 320 anni fa il nostro si fece saltare in aria per impedire la conquista di #Torino da parte dei francesi. Conosciamolo meglio grazie a questa sua intervista rilasciata ad #UmbertoEco con la regia di #AndreaCamilleri. Via Asiago 10 | Rai Radio Techetè | RaiPlay Sound https://www.raiplaysound.it/audio/2020/09/Le-interviste-impossibili--Umberto-Eco-incontra-Pietro-Micca-202868bd-7e39-49b7-89df-4014ae083d36.html

@cultura

#radio

#Colombia 🇨🇴 | (...) ordenar bien los libros no es solamente un tema estilístico o bibliotecológico, es más bien un tema de vida o de muerte, y la biblioteca de Umberto Eco nos ayuda a tener herramientas para encarar esta responsabilidad de forma más consciente.

https://www.desdeabajo.info/ediciones/edicion-no338/item/desordena-tus-libros.html

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#Intelectual #Obra #UmbertoEco

Any error can be the unrecognized bearer of truth.
-- Umberto Eco

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #UmbertoEco #Error

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #PuebloBonito #Ruins #360panorama #NewMexico

This is not a question of opinion; Putin’s Russia is fascist. It ticks every box of every definition of fascism ever written (by a respected scholar).

Only igorant fools, or pretend internet journalists, either cowards or exploiting cowardice in trying to carve a niche in trying to prove the experts wrong, would say it is not..

Or the worst, actually smart people hiding behind ambiguity, the ”maybe”.. 🤦‍♂️

https://youtube.com/watch?v=mRkyZJWbbmw

#fascism #russia #putin #ukraine #umbertoeco #nafo

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒔

How does the map overwrite the physical territory it claims to represent?

Umberto Eco, Jean Baudrillard, Yi-Fu Tuan, Walter Benjamin along with
Mark Twain, Lucy Maud Montgomery, and others!

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/building-fantasies/

#frictionalreading #booksandsociety #literarygeography #readingforchange #umbertoeco #jeanbaudrillard #walterbenjamin #marktwain #lmmontgomery #simulations

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 - 𝑩𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒔

How does the map overwrite the physical territory it claims to represent?

Today we look at literary simulations, from the bedroom of Victor Hugo to the Orlando welter of parks and rides.

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/building-fantasies/

#frictionalreading #booksandsociety #bookphilosophy #bookpodcast #literarycriticism #travelwriting #travelogues #books #umbertoeco #jeanbaudrillard #walterbenjamin #marktwain #lmmontgomery #simulations

"Freedom and liberation are an unending task." Ur-Fascism by Umberto Eco is well worth a read. https://ia802906.us.archive.org/31/items/umberto-eco-ur-fascism/umberto-eco-ur-fascism.pdf #fascism #antifascism #mussolini #hitler #umbertoeco

📖 #vendrediLecture (n°61)

" Un rêve est une écriture et maintes écritures ne sont que des rêves ".

Umberto ECO, Le Nom de la rose.

Livre qu'on peut relire sans fin. Le plaisir reste, sauf celui de la première fois, à jamais disparu.

#Mastolivre
#bookstodon
#livres
#Books
#UmbertoEco
#Eco
#MiddleAges
#currentlyreading

I’m finishing up Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy. After that, either the last 75 pages of A Theory of Semiotics by #UmbertoEco or a re-read of The World Jones Made by #PhilipKDick.
#books #BookSky

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mrznchm2qk25

#UmbertoEco’s Personal #Library Opens to the Public: More Than 32,000 Books, Exactly as He Left Them

https://www.openculture.com/2026/07/umberto-ecos-personal-library-opens-to-the-public.html

#Books #Bookstodon #ReadABook

Aus Gründen mal wieder #UrFaschismus in derber Sprache, frei nach #UmbertoEco.

"The spaces are organised into thematic rooms that reflect the layout of the original library and evoke the main areas of Eco's thought."

Sigh. It would be wonderful to visit and tour the newly opened Umberto Eco library at the University of Bologna where he taught for many years. So far it contains 32,000 of his books from his home and study in Milan, the rest of his books from his country house are yet to be added. Eco's way of organizing his books is preserved in the library.
#libraries #books #UmbertoEco @bookstodon

https://magazine.unibo.it/en/articles/eco-library-opens-in-bologna

Und darunter liegt die Annahme, dass der Mensch von Natur aus wild und gefährlich ist und zivilisiert werden muss. Und dieses Narrativ ist eines der wichtigsten Narrative der Rechten. Das ist quasi die Basis. Ob diese Annahme stimmt - tut sie nicht by the way - ist unerheblich, sie ist (unhinterfragte) Grundannahme rechten Denkens.

#UmbertoEco #davidgraeber

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Notes on Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto Eco

(Pictured: Rhodes Cemetery, Greece. A rose cross monument dedicated to the Knights of Rhodes – I think)
It’s unfair that people compare Foucault’s Pendulum to Ulysses.

Ulysses is a novel that spans an entire day but some take years to finish. On the other hand, Eco’s Pendulum is a novel that covers a few years but can be read in a few days. Sure, they are both abundant in references, but the story in Ulysses is obscured precisely by all these references. Pendulum‘s references, on the other hand, might get overwhelming but this is part of its charm.
I won’t give spoilers, especially for the ending, I’ll just mention what’s probably on the book jacket: the story follows three editors who make up a conspiracy theory concerning the Knights Templar. Being a philosopher and medievalist, Eco of course has fun with this story and inserts an uncountable number of references to historical characters, events, books and so on. You can follow along and join the madness, sure, or just nod and carry on, like you do when that relative starts spouting InfoWars talking points at Christmas dinner…

Apophenia is people’s tendency to find patterns and connections within seemingly unrelated things. Wouldn’t you know it, I had such a fun time with this book because I became one of the characters for a week. I had no idea what it was about when I picked it as my June beach read in Rhodes. And wouldn’t you know it, a few of the book’s major plot points happen right in the middle of June. And while Rhodes wasn’t the Templar’s headquarters, it was, for a few centuries, the HQ of the Knights Hospitaller (Knights of St. John, or the Knights of Malta today). So of course I had so many connections around me – the symbol of the Rose Cross, the sculptures of Knights, the flags. It was exactly like if I randomly picked up Ulysses and read it on a trip to Dublin. Which I haven’t done.

What is most hilarious is that the Knights Templar conspiracies aren’t exactly recent. They started around the 1700s. Freemasonry started as medieval guilds, but they wanted to have a fancier history so they made up a connection to the Templars. In the 1950’s another chapter starts, with Pierre Plantard who… planted fake documents in the French Archives, and started the whole “Priory of Sion” conspiracy. In 1982 comes the final blow, where three Brits read the Priory stuff and make up their own crap about “The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail”, where they make up a conspiracy that the Templars were hiding the bloodline of Christ. Does this sound familiar?

Eco probably read all this stuff and found it absolutely hilarious, so he made his own version about these nutjobs… And yet 15 years later comes Dan Brown and his audacity DaVinci Code. Without any sense of shame, he decides to embody the satirised characters in Eco’s Pendulum, publishing his own conspiracy, making it a bestseller, stirring the pot for decades to come. It’s a damn shame because the Templars’ actual history is fascinating in and of itself, they didn’t need bells and whistles added…

It is also, in a way, irresponsible, because one of the lessons of Foucault’s Pendulum is that fiction has power and can affect the real world. Yes, the consequences in Eco’s book are fictional, but we’ve seen far too often how made-up conspiracies become real for some. Just wait for Christmas and ask that InfoWars relative.

A plot, if there is to be one, must be a secret. A secret that, if we only knew it, would dispel our frustration, lead us to salvation; or else the knowing of it in itself would be salvation. Does such a luminous secret exist? Yes, provided it is never known. Known, it will only disappoint us.
-- Umberto Eco

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #UmbertoEco #Salvation #Writing

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Seashells #Everglades #Florida

Any error can be the unrecognized bearer of truth.
-- Umberto Eco

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #UmbertoEco #Error

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida

#zitate #sprueche #toleranz #eco #umbertoeco

While some in the #TrumpAdministration (not #ElonMusk, though) tried(!) to wear their #fascism not too blatantly obvious on their sleeves so that people would unanimously agree on it being fascism, https://aliens.gov/ paints a very clear picture:

#UmbertoEco describes several things that you can see on the #AlienFiles site as fascism:

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#uspol #MassDeportations2026 #politics #TrumpAdministration2026 #Project2025 #AlienEnemiesAct #HabeasCorpus #DueProcess #SecondTrumpAdminstration

Imagine a man who spent his entire life deciphering the secret languages of history, from medieval manuscripts to the hidden codes in pop culture. This was Umberto Eco. As a world-renowned semiotician, he understood better than anyone how symbols and words shape our collective reality. But toward the end of his life, he looked at the digital landscape and saw a structural collapse of intellectual hierarchy.

Eco observed: Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community... but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It is the invasion of the idiots.

Eco delivered this critique in 2015 while receiving an honorary degree at the University of Turin. His concern was not rooted in elitism, but in the loss of editorial filtering. He spent decades analyzing how truth is constructed, and he feared that a platform where every voice is amplified equally would eventually lead to the death of expertise. In his view, the democratization of opinion had accidentally dismantled the value of knowledge.

When the village gossip and the seasoned scholar occupy the same digital stage, how do we distinguish signal from noise?

#umbertoeco #philosophy #digitalculture #semiotics #criticalthinking

RE: https://loops.video/v/fKVqjke2f2

Very interesting.. Posting this invited a nazi-nicknamed bot/fella to post random aryan propaganda as a comment.

They probably have #UmbertoEco on follow.. 🤔

#nazis #bots #fediblock

My write-up for #ICFPContest2025:

https://rmathew.com/2025/icfpc25.html

A #fun three days of problem-solving and #programming, but no success – SNAFU. 🤷🏽‍♂️

#ICFPC #ICFPContest #ICFPC25 #Go #GoLang #TheNameOfTheRose #UmbertoEco #AI #ICFP #Plug #WebSite