Vanguardia : socially engaged art and theory / Marc James Leger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Léger, Marc James, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art and society.

Social movements.

Art--Political aspects.

Art.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--Political aspects.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations ; digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

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Summary:

"The avant garde is dead, or so the story goes for many leftists and capitalists alike. But in an era of neoliberal austerity, neocolonial militarism and ecological crisis, this postmodern view seems increasingly outmoded. Rejecting 'end of ideology' post-politics, Vanguardia delves into the changing praxis of socially engaged art and theory in the age of the Capitalocene. Covering the major events of the last decade, from anti-globalisation protests, Occupy Wall Street, the Maple Spring, Strike Debt and the Anthropocene, to the Black Lives Matter and MeToo campaigns, Vanguardia puts forward a radical leftist commitment to the revolutionary consciousness of avant-garde art and politics."-- Dust jacket.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Alter-globalisation, revolutionary movement and the state mode of production

2. A brief history of Occupy Wall Street

3. Vanguardia

4. Psychoprotest: derives of the Quebec Maple Spring

5. The unrealised extravagance of the avant garde: Test Dept and the subsumption of labour

6. No strawman for the revolution

7. Beyond socially enraged art

8. The only game in town.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781526134905

152613490X

9781526158710

152615871X

OCLC:

1230564673