The Red Atlantis

For most of the twentieth century, American and European intellectual life was defined by its fascination with a particular utopian vision. Both the artistic and political vanguards were spellbound by the Communist promise of a new human era -- so much so that its political terrors were rationalized as a form of applied evolution and its collapse hailed as the end of history.The Red Atlantis argues that Communism produced a complex culture with a dialectical relation to both modernism and itself. Offering examples ranging from the Stalinist show trial to Franz Kafka's posthumous career as a dissident writer and the work of filmmakers, painters, and writers, which can be understood only as criticism of existing socialism made from within, The Red Atlantis suggests that Communism was an aesthetic project -- perhaps the aesthetic project of the twentieth century.

Riassunto

Both the artistic and political vanguards were spellbound by the Communist promise of a new human era so much so that its political terrors were rationalized as a form of applied evolution and its collapse hailed as the end of history. This work argues that Communism produced a complex culture with a dialectical relation to modernism and itself.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: J. Hoberman
• Editore: Temple University Press,U.S.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 03.11.1998
• EAN: 9781566396431
• ISBN: 978-1-56639-643-1
• Pagine: 315
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Serie: Culture and the Moving Image
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Anthropologie, Marxismus und Kommunismus