To Hell With Culture: And other essays on art and society - Brossura

Read, Herbert

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ISBN 10: 0415289939 ISBN 13: 9780415289931

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2002

Riassunto

Herbert Read was a maverick character in the cultural life of the twentieth century. A radical leader of the avant garde in the 1930s, and an anarchist revolutionary during the war years, by the time of his death in 1968 he had become a key figure at the heart of the British cultural establishment. To Hell with Culture offers readers an ideal overview of the ideas that marked out this seminal and hugely influential thinker. It is a controversial work that engages the reader in a wide range of topics, from revolutionary art to pornography.
Adept at challenging assumptions and penetrating to the heart of any issue, Read's deft prose encourages the reader to think critically, to question and to subvert the voice of authority, of whatever political or cultural creed. Only through such a critical evaluation of culture, Read believes, can one appreciate the art that arises from the 'unpolitical manifestation of the human spirit'. At a time when authority and value are questionable terms, and when culture itself is a contested concept, Read's is both a challenging and an enlightening voice.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Sir Herbert Read (1893-1968). Leading poet, publisher, educational theorist and social reformer, who was one of the most influential art critics of the twentieth century.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0415289939
• ISBN 13: 9780415289931
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 240
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania