Modernism at the Barricades Aesthetics, Politics, Utopia |
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| Author:
| Bronner, Stephen Eric |
| Series title: | Columbia Studies in Political Thought/Political History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-15822-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2012 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $173.95 |
Book Description:
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Stephen Eric Bronner reads the artistic and intellectual achievements of the modernist project's leading figures against larger social, political, and cultural trends and follows the rise of a flawed yet salient effort at liberation and its clash with modernity. Exploring both the political responsibility of the artist and the manipulation of authorial intention, Bronner reconfigures the modernist movement for contemporary progressive purposes and offers insight into the problems...
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Stephen Eric Bronner reads the artistic and intellectual achievements of the modernist project's leading figures against larger social, political, and cultural trends and follows the rise of a flawed yet salient effort at liberation and its clash with modernity. Exploring both the political responsibility of the artist and the manipulation of authorial intention, Bronner reconfigures the modernist movement for contemporary progressive purposes and offers insight into the problems still complicating cultural politics. He ultimately reasserts the political dimension of developments often understood in purely aesthetic terms and confronts the self-indulgence and political irresponsibility of certain so-called modernists today.