Although Guy Hocquenghem was a transcendental figure in the left-wing movements after May 1968, then in the Homosexual Front for Revolutionary Action, he soon abandoned militant prose and began to publish essays and novels throughout his brief, most brilliant existence. Diary of a dream reveals another facet of his talents: his pen as a chronicler, reporter and polemicist; and offers us a wide selection of articles published on different countercultural fronts: Libération, above all, where he worked as an independent contributor from 1975 and then as a permanent employee until 1982, but also Actuel or Gai Pied Hebdo.
In this posthumous compilation, we will discover the stages of a thought in constant evolution, obstinate in identifying the new totems and taboos of a changing world, in other words, the archeology of our modernity. Three decades later, there is no doubt that most...read more
