| Romantic Desire in (Post)Modern Art and Philosophy Contributor(s): de Mul, Jos (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791442187 ISBN-13: 9780791442180 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1999 Annotation: In this erudite and wide-ranging discussion of postmodernism and romanticism in twentieth-century art and philosophy, Jos de Mul sheds a fascinating light on the ambivalent character of our present culture, which oscillates between modern enthusiasm and postmodern irony. Along the way, he engages the work of such thinkers as Nietzsche, Freud, Heidegger, Habermas, Lacan, Barthes, and Derrida; visual artists Magritte and Stella; poets Georg and Coleridge; and composers Schonberg, Cage, and Reich, among others, providing a sort of intellectual history of Romantic, Modernist, and Postmodernist "tempers." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Criticism & Theory - Philosophy | Aesthetics |
| Dewey: 111.85 |
| LCCN: 98-41220 |
| Series: Suny Series, Postmodern Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.88" W x 8.9" (0.96 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this erudite and wide-ranging discussion of postmodernism and romanticism in twentieth-century art and philosophy, Jos de Mul sheds a fascinating light on the ambivalent character of our present culture, which oscillates between modern enthusiasm and postmodern irony. Along the way, he engages the work of such thinkers as Nietzsche, Freud, Heidegger, Habermas, Lacan, Barthes, and Derrida; visual artists Magritte and Stella; poets George and Coleridge; and composers Schönberg, Cage, and Reich, among others, providing a sort of intellectual history of Romantic, Modernist, and Postmodernist tempers. |