Inventing Bergson: Cultural Politics and the Parisian Avant-Garde

272 Pages·1993·14.407 MB·English

by  Mark Antliff

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INVENTING BERGSON

•INVENTING*
BERGSON
CULTURAL POLITICS AND THE
•PARISIAN AVANT-GARDE*
Mark Anti iff
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Copyright © 1993 by Princeton University Press
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Antliff, Mark, 1957-
Inventing Bergson : cultural politics and the
Parisian avant-garde / Mark Antliff.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-691-03202-5
1. Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941—Influence.
2. France—Intellectual life—20th century.
3. France—Politics and government—1870-1940.
4. Art, Modern—20th century—France. I. Title.
B2430.B43A58 1992
944.081'3—dc20 92-13264 CIP
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An earlier version of part of this book appeared as
"Bergson and Cubism: A Reassessment," Art Journal,
special issue on "Revising Cubism," 47 (Winter 1988), 341-49.