The évitisme as moral life, with a humor that unfortunately seems somewhat faded ...

Logically, we should avoid talking about this Book of Roger Price (1918-1990), he fact that comes manifesto "évitiste" absolute. Dun other hand, respect the logic WHEN IT discussed the writings of Roger Price, comedian by trade, would almost of labsurde. Not that of Camus. He Dalphonse Allais.

Let. A preface by Georges Perec obviously in love in 1967, The Brain from Sornettes (In One Head and Out the Other in the original version, 1951) experiencing a new translation and therefore a new youth to Wombat editions, presenting it as a "masterpiece nonsensical", "one of the most frappadingues comic books of the Anglo-Saxon literature" - which has something to entice all lovers of evil spirit.

And the evil spirit that abounds in the brain to Sornettes: Roger Price, who wrote for Bob Hope among others sattaque happy to just everything, in fact, provided dune Be it any form of voluntarism, starting with Cromagnons, since "these primitive savages had already begun to develop a non-évitiste society against nature; by customs, they laid the foundations that led to current lépoque social systems "and go in a frenzy quite absurd on the invention of the wheel, with which" the man was beginning his disastrous fight against mechanical, culminating with technological achievements such as the Thompson submachine gun under authority and smoking on the balconies of theaters. "

We laura including extracts cited above, although it samuse reading the brain to Sornettes, at least if we mind receptive to ending sentences improperly and schematic drawings of a staggering intended to illustrate the words of author; among many others, "Figure 9. Women Nervous System", to "influence the male brain" and represented in dune form pinup elongated dune wearing skirt and high heels True quun another schema (the " Figure 7. View dune ordinary mans head cut ") meanwhile shows an area 4 named" Marilyn Monroe "," this part enjoys a predominant position in the brain, puisquelle occupies 92% of its total volume, breaking of harmony ALL OPERATING "what we could have thought, but thank you to Roger Price said of laundry.

Alongside the humor a little schoolboy, also found in chapters 4 and 5 a total charge against psychoanalysis, "this method that aims to treat mild neuroses is to let the patient talk himself up to the moment where he sennuiera so that he will forget what not nallait from home "; following examples danalyse rather pleasant and showing little faith that Price attaches to this "method".

Then comes Chapter 6, central sattaque that the crux of the problem: Leviteism, "a new and optimistic philosophy designed to save the man Modern himself. The principle of Leviteism is simple: a Évitiste avoids things simply.
It avoids because the non-avoidance leads to the implication, source of all the problems of man.
Descartes said, "I think, therefore I am. "
LÉvitiste said, "jveux not, so no jmarchrai. "
Follow developments explaining in great length this philosophy, advantages and nuances forcefully digressions smiling, and one or the other load full of bad faith, particularly against modern art ("Many people do not understand modern art. When they look at a picture, they want to see represented something like a cow, a sunset or a refrigerator. However, to understand a modern work of art, you must enter the psychological meaning hidden deep in the picture. "And Price to propose the analysis of a table somewhat resembling Picasso).

All this is pleasant and we willingly adhere to Leviteism advocated by Price, wasnt that humor he displays today seems a bit dated. In this sense, reading this book can sapparenter for watching some films of Jerry Lewis, The Zinzin dHollywood Jerry and Mister or Doctor Love by example: we gladly laugh, the target is covered by fairly easily decrypts a given trait humorous, but we feel that this humor is a bit outdated, or has not aged. Ditto for Price humorous lessai that seems too "of his time," unlike some novels containing humor. In short, this is fun to read, but nen not retain much and it is not safe quon return there anytime soon.