Politics of Modernism: Against the New Conformists: 23 (Radical Thinkers Set 02) - Softcover

Williams, Raymond

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844675807 ISBN 13: 9781844675807

Verlag: Verso Books, 2007

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"One of Williams's most striking qualities as a writer is a rare combination of reason and feeling... a toughly analytic mind is fuelled by the rich emotional resources of a creative writer." - Terry Eagleton"

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Considered to be the founding father of British cultural theory, Williams was concerned throughout his life to apply a materialist and socialist analysis to all forms of culture, defined generously and inclusively as "structures of feeling." In this major work, Williams applies himself to the problem of modernism. Rejecting stereotypes and simplifications, he is especially preoccupied with the ambivalent relationship between revolutionary socialist politics and the artistic avant-garde. Judiciously assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the modernist project, Williams shifts the framework of discussion from merely formal analysis of artistic techniques to one which grounds these cultural expressions in particular social formations. Animating the whole book is the question which Williams poses and brings us significantly closer to answering: namely, what does it mean to develop a cultural analysis that goes "beyond the modern" and yet avoids the trap of postmodernism's "new conformism"?

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• Verlag: Verso Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1844675807
• ISBN 13: 9781844675807
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 220