| The Total Art of Stalinism: Avant-Garde, Aesthetic Dictatorship, and Beyond Contributor(s): Groys, Boris (Author), Rougle, Charles (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1844677079 ISBN-13: 9781844677078 Publisher: Verso OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) - Art | Criticism & Theory - Philosophy | Aesthetics |
| Dewey: 709.470 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" (0.45 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |