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Yusuf Ritter

@yusuf_ritter

Publicist & Editor @ Tikhanov Library Sometimes I post excerpts from books I am working on

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We're so back. This month only, get Harukichi Shimoi's wartime correspondences, The Italian War, for $5 USD. tikhanovlibrary.com/product/the-it…

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This month only, get Harukichi Shimoi's wartime correspondences, The Italian War, for $5 USD. 
tikhanovlibrary.com/product/the-it…

Been re-reading Reto Hofmann's The Fascist Effect lately and it's a treasure trove of fun pictures

yusuf_ritter's tweet image. Been re-reading Reto Hofmann's The Fascist Effect lately and it's a treasure trove of fun pictures

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One small platoon of Irish peacekeepers has refused Israel's demand to evacuate their post in Lebanon. Circa 300 Irish soldiers are not relinquishing their post. Unlike the Dutch in Srebrenica. 70 members of the platoon who were on leave before Israel's invasion wish to rejoin…


From Roberto Calasso's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑟

yusuf_ritter's tweet image. From Roberto Calasso's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑟

Mikhail Tikhanov was the first painter to travel to the Pacific NW. His paintings are colorful, strange, disconcerting to look at. They are also the first glance at a world which remains mostly unknown. I've translated an essay about him by Y. S. Rutenko tikhanovlibrary.substack.com/p/m-tikhanov-f…

yusuf_ritter's tweet image. Mikhail Tikhanov was the first painter to travel to the Pacific NW. His paintings are colorful, strange, disconcerting to look at. They are also the first glance at a world which remains mostly unknown.

I've translated an essay about him by Y. S. Rutenko
tikhanovlibrary.substack.com/p/m-tikhanov-f…

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I have been fortunate to lay my eyes on Ibn Ḥajar’s mubārak hand in a number of countries on four continents, and can now add Ireland to the list.

GarrettDavids19's tweet image. I have been fortunate to lay my eyes on Ibn Ḥajar’s mubārak hand in a number of countries on four continents, and can now add Ireland to the list.

Yusuf Ritter reposted

Want to know the difference between the Ancient Greeks and the Ancient Romans? Just look at their statues. Art always tells you what a society wants to believe about itself. So, from the Soviet Union to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, here's what art says about who we are...

culturaltutor's tweet image. Want to know the difference between the Ancient Greeks and the Ancient Romans? Just look at their statues.

Art always tells you what a society wants to believe about itself.

So, from the Soviet Union to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, here's what art says about who we are...

Yusuf Ritter reposted

It’s commonplace in mainstream and alternative circles to compare the current situation in both the US and Western Europe to the Weimar Republic. However, this comparison is flawed; history rhymes but doesn’t repeat. Let’s see which epoch of 20th century history rather fits (1)

RealSapatus's tweet image. It’s commonplace in mainstream and alternative circles to compare the current situation in both the US and Western Europe to the Weimar Republic. However, this comparison is flawed; history rhymes but doesn’t repeat. Let’s see which epoch of 20th century history rather fits (1)

tikhanovlibrary.substack.com/p/gilles-pierr… Gilles, by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle. First Chapter. More to come.

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Gilles, by Pierre Drieu la Rochelle. First Chapter. More to come.

Young Girl of the Sandwich Islands, 1818 medium.com/@tikhanovlibra…

yusuf_ritter's tweet image. Young Girl of the Sandwich Islands, 1818
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From Asian Odyssey by Dimitri Alioshin

yusuf_ritter's tweet image. From Asian Odyssey by Dimitri Alioshin

Mikhail Tikhanov's earliest (and most academic) work, 'The Shooting of the Russian Patriots, 1812'.

yusuf_ritter's tweet image. Mikhail Tikhanov's earliest (and most academic) work, 'The Shooting of the Russian Patriots, 1812'.

Source: Asian Odyssey by Dimitri Alioshin.

yusuf_ritter's tweet image. Source: Asian Odyssey by Dimitri Alioshin.

source: Blood and Oil in the Orient, Lev Nassibaum

yusuf_ritter's tweet image. source: Blood and Oil in the Orient, Lev Nassibaum

One of my favourite paintings by Mikhail Tikhanov: Aleut in Festival Dress in Alaska, 1818

yusuf_ritter's tweet image. One of my favourite paintings by Mikhail Tikhanov: Aleut in Festival Dress in Alaska, 1818

Mafarka by F.T. Marinetti

yusuf_ritter's tweet image. Mafarka by F.T. Marinetti

Travels in Algeria, Alexis de Tocqueville

yusuf_ritter's tweet image. Travels in Algeria, Alexis de Tocqueville

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