Morning Star: Surrealism, Marxism, Anarchism, Situationism, Utopia - Brossura

Lowy, Michael

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ISBN 10: 0292723571 ISBN 13: 9780292723573

Casa editrice: Univ of Texas Pr, 2010

Riassunto

An expanded edition of revered theorist Michael Löwy's
Morning Star: Marxism and Surrealism
(previously published in French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and Greek), this masterwork collects the author's essays on the ways in which surrealism intersected with a variety of revolutionary political approaches, ranging from utopian ideals to Marxism and situationism. Taking its title from André Breton's essay "Arcane 17," which casts the star as the searing firebrand of rebellion, Löwy's provocative work spans many perspectives. These include surrealist artists who were deeply interested in Marxism and anarchism (Breton among them), as well as Marxists who were deeply interested in surrealism (Walter Benjamin in particular).

Probing the dialectics of innovation, diversity, continuity, and unity throughout surrealism's international presence,
Morning Star
also incorporates analyses of Claude Cahun, Guy Debord, Pierre Naville, José Carlos Mariátegui and others, accompanied by numerous reproductions of surrealist art. An extraordinarily rich collection,
Morning Star
promises to ignite new dialogues regarding the very nature of dissent.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Michael Lowy is Research Director in Sociology at France's National Center for Scientific Research and the author of several books translated into twenty-eight languages, including The Theory of Revolution in the Young Marx and Fire Alarm: Reading Walter Benjamin's "On the Concept of History!' He has been a member of the Surrealist movement since the 1970s. Born in Brazil, he now lives in Paris.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Texas Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0292723571
• ISBN 13: 9780292723573
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 142