gk book quiz

[twiglet3]

1) which french sociologist claimed gulf war never happened?

2) which structuralist marxist philosopher commited suicide in 1990?

3)what did froyd refer to dreams as being?

4)emmannel kent put the four principle arts in order of preference, what order was it? the arts are oratory, painting , music, poetry

5) a ship is used to represent what in a fable, in platos republic?

Thanx in advance, ive googled everywhere!!!!!

[ST]

Jean Baudrillard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gulf_War_Did_ Not_Take_Place

[crosso]

5. The State

[crosso]

Freud? - in short, a dream is the fulfilment of a wish

[crosso]

With regard to no 4, I think if you google under Emmanual KANT you should be able to find your answer (there are various spellings for his forename and I'm not sure if I've given the English version). Hope this helps, good luck

[iknowthisone]

2)this bugged me too. Louis althusser died in 1990 - but of a heart attack. Could the times have made a mistake?

[twiglet3]

Yes, I am beginning to think so as, like you, this is the only name I can find anywhere near the correct date. Thanks for sharing the enigma!