Communist Postscript

Informationen zum Autor Boris Groys is Professor of Aesthetics! Art History! and Media Theory at the Center for Art and Media Technology in Karlsruhe! and since 2005! the Global Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Science! NYU. He has published numerous books including The Total Art of Stalinism ! Ilya Kabakov: The Man Who Flew into Space from His Apartment ! Art Power ! and The Communist Postscript . Klappentext A provocative essay on the relationship between communism, philosophy and language. Zusammenfassung Argues that the contemporary world was made possible by the downfall of historical communism. This book also argues that at the same time! political and aesthetic strategies - from a unified Europe to political Islam and contemporary mass culture - all bear the imprint of communist heritage.

Product details

• Authors: Boris Groys
• Assisted by: Thomas Ford (Translation), Thomas H. Ford (Translation)
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.01.2010
• EAN: 9781844674305
• ISBN: 978-1-84467-430-5
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Pocket Communism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Kunsttheorie