Surrealism Against The Current: Tracts and DeclarationsBringing together many Surrealist texts that have never previously been available in English, this collection is an essential guide for anyone who wishes to understand the Surrealist movement. Including a wealth of original works, it traces its development in the words of the Surrealists themselves, offering a definitive expression of Surrealism as a collective movement. It shows the extent of Surrealist positions and interests and shows how, having become a major cultural phenomenon of the twentieth century, the issues it has raised remain central to current debates.Covering the period 1922-91, these key texts illuminate its philosophical, political and ethical positions and locate Surrealism in a broader social and cultural context. Comprising statements from Surrealist groups in Paris, Belgium, Romania, Sweden and Czechoslovakia, and signed by the major participants, it reveals the international dimension of Surrealism and shows how it has maintained vitality in response to changing social and political exigencies. Chapters cover the historical orientation of Surrealism; its involvement with revolutionary politics; its ethical concerns and its defense of the 'security of the spirit'; and its position on colonialism. In particular, the volume brings attention to the extent to which Surrealism represented a 'collective adventure' in which their shared interests brought together groups of individuals to explore themes in common. In this sense, Surrealism truly represented, as André Masson once described it, a 'collective experience of individualism'. |
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It was, as Walter Benjamin asserted, 'the capital of the nineteenth century' and it
stood far above London - its only rival - as the city that embodied the aspirations
and material achievements of Western civilisation. Not simply the centre of the ...
It was, as Walter Benjamin asserted, 'the capital of the nineteenth century' and it
stood far above London - its only rival - as the city that embodied the aspirations
and material achievements of Western civilisation. Not simply the centre of the ...
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At^present this collective treasure is profoundly obscured by a still growing surge
of increasingly stupid and schematic jiurnan characteristics', transmitted by a
technical civilisation which represents just one more demoralising episode in the
...
At^present this collective treasure is profoundly obscured by a still growing surge
of increasingly stupid and schematic jiurnan characteristics', transmitted by a
technical civilisation which represents just one more demoralising episode in the
...
Pagina 95
Wherever Western civilisation reigns, all human attachment but that motivated by
self-interest has ceased, 'money is the bottom line'. For over a century, human
dignity has been reduced to the level of exchange value. It is already not only ...
Wherever Western civilisation reigns, all human attachment but that motivated by
self-interest has ceased, 'money is the bottom line'. For over a century, human
dignity has been reduced to the level of exchange value. It is already not only ...
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Inhoudsopgave
Note on the Selection of Texts | 19 |
Surrealism visavis Revolutionary Politics | 93 |
The Security of the Spirit | 139 |
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Surrealism against the current: tracts and declarations Michael Richardson,Krzysztof Fijalkowski Fragmentweergave - 2001 |
Surrealism Against the Current: Tracts and Declarations Michael Richardson,Krzysztof Fijalkowski Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2001 |
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