The Total Art of Stalinism
Avant-Garde, Aesthetic Dictatorship, and Beyond
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Aesthetics, Art & Architecture, General Art, Criticism, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Communism & Socialism
| Author: | Boris Groys | ISBN: | 9781844678099 |
| Publisher: | Verso Books | Publication: | May 27, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Verso | Language: | English |
| Author: | Boris Groys |
| ISBN: | 9781844678099 |
| Publisher: | Verso Books |
| Publication: | May 27, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Verso |
| Language: | English |
From the ruins of communism, Boris Groys emerges to provoke our interest in the aesthetic goals pursued with such catastrophic consequences by its founders. Interpreting totalitarian art and literature in the context of cultural history, this brilliant essay likens totalitarian aims to the modernists’ goal of producing world-transformative art. In this new edition, Groys revisits the debate that the book has stimulated since its first publication.
From the ruins of communism, Boris Groys emerges to provoke our interest in the aesthetic goals pursued with such catastrophic consequences by its founders. Interpreting totalitarian art and literature in the context of cultural history, this brilliant essay likens totalitarian aims to the modernists’ goal of producing world-transformative art. In this new edition, Groys revisits the debate that the book has stimulated since its first publication.
