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*"On Paul Goodman" (1972) *"Approaching Artaud" (1973) *"Fascinating Fascism" (1974) *"Under the Sign of Saturn" (1978) *"Syberberg's ''Hitler''" (1979) *"Remembering Barthes" (1980) *"Mind as Passion" (1980)

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