Anarchy and Art: From the Paris Commune to the Fall of the Berlin Wall

218 Pages·2007·8.72 MB·English

by  Allan Antliff

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ANARCHY AND ART
Copyright © 2007 by Allan Antliff
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Text and cowr design by Shyla Seller
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Fight lIntii the 1Mlb017t lives, and the dying, die.'
-Bayard Boyesen
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
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II Introduction
CHAPTER I 17 A Beautiful Dream: Cow"bet's Realism
and the Pm"if r.mmml.11e of lR71
CHAPTER 2 37 Wandering: Neo-11JpJ 1"essiol1ists oud
Depictions of tbe Dispossessed
CHAPTER 3 49 Obscenity: Tbe Advem of Dado in New
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CHAPTER 4 71 True Creators: Russian A1,tists of tbe
AlIonbist RevolutiOl1
CHAPTER 5 97 Death to Art!: Tbe Post-Anarcbist
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ACKNOWLEDGM ENTS
Research for this book was aided by grams from the Social Sciences
and Humanities Research Council, the University of Victoria, and
the support of the Canada Research Chair program. I am particularly
indebted to Wolf Edwards, Patricia Leighten, Mark Antliff, Richard
Day, and Robyn Rosiak for many invaluable insights. In addition,
wt:e: kly discussions at the Vil:toria Anarchist Rt::ading Cirdt:: wert:: a
constant stimulation. Finally, my thanks goes to Brian Lam, Shyla
Seller, Rohert R�lbntyne, �nd Reth�nne Gr�hh�Tll of Arsen�1 P\llp
Press, who saw this book to completion with grace and elan.
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