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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Pagina 46
This suspension extends to the very rule of political action framed by the parties .
Of course we will only ever make a lasting union with the political action of a party
that to the extent that this action will not become trapped in the dilemma we ...
This suspension extends to the very rule of political action framed by the parties .
Of course we will only ever make a lasting union with the political action of a party
that to the extent that this action will not become trapped in the dilemma we ...
Pagina 93
2 SURREALISM VIS - À - VIS REVOLUTIONARY POLITICS Surrealism occupies
a singular and , at first glance , rather ... In fact , as these documents make clear ,
the surrealists were far from being politically naïve : fully aware of the political ...
2 SURREALISM VIS - À - VIS REVOLUTIONARY POLITICS Surrealism occupies
a singular and , at first glance , rather ... In fact , as these documents make clear ,
the surrealists were far from being politically naïve : fully aware of the political ...
Pagina 180
The virulence of the surrealists ' anti - colonialist stand is perhaps unsurprising ; it
is inherent in their general political ... real content and an acute analysis of the
cultural conditions of colonialism , denouncing intellectuals as much as
politicians ...
The virulence of the surrealists ' anti - colonialist stand is perhaps unsurprising ; it
is inherent in their general political ... real content and an acute analysis of the
cultural conditions of colonialism , denouncing intellectuals as much as
politicians ...
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Inhoudsopgave
Note on the Selection of Texts | 19 |
Surrealism visàvis Revolutionary Politics | 93 |
The Security of the Spirit | 139 |
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Surrealism Against The Current: Tracts and Declarations Michael Richardson,Krzystof Fijalkowski Fragmentweergave - 2001 |
Surrealism Against The Current: Tracts and Declarations Michael Richardson,Krzystof Fijalkowski Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2001 |
Surrealism Against the Current: Tracts and Declarations Michael Richardson,Krzysztof Fijalkowski Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2001 |
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