[PDF] The Aesthetic Component Of Socialism eBook

Author : Boris Groys
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 34,8 MB
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 1844678091

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From the ruins of communism, Boris Groys emerges to provoke our interest in the aesthetic goals pursued with such catastrophic consequences by its founders. Interpreting totalitarian art and literature in the context of cultural history, this brilliant essay likens totalitarian aims to the modernists’ goal of producing world-transformative art. In this new edition, Groys revisits the debate that the book has stimulated since its first publication.

Author : Alexandra Köhring
Publisher : Bohlau Verlag
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 22,78 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Arts
ISBN : 9783412505745

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Sozialistische Bildkulturen gingen über die politische Ikonografie weit hinaus: Jenseits von Hammer und Sichel, roten Bannern oder stilisierten Lenin-Portraits konnten sie Normalität herstellen und integrativ wirken, Identität stiften, aber auch subversiv sein. Bilder banden die Bevölkerung emotional an das System. Der Sammelband behandelt unterschiedliche populäre Medien aus dem späten Sozialismus: Bildpostkarten, Verpackungen, Schaufensterdekorationen und andere alltägliche Bildformen. Die Beiträge beschreiben Spannungsfelder zwischen dem politischen Programm einer einheitlichen sozialistischen Hemisphäre und den visuellen Brüchen in der kulturellen und sozialen Praxis. Ein Glossar erläutert zentrale ästhetische Leitbegriffe.

Author : Boris Groĭs
Publisher :
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 17,20 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780691055961

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As communism collapses into ruins, Boris Groys provokes our interest in the aesthetic goals pursued with such catastrophic consequences by its founders. Interpreting totalitarian art and literature in the context of cultural history, this brilliant essay likens totalitarian aims to the modernists' demands that art should move from depicting to transforming the world. The revolutionaries of October 1917 promised to create a society that was not only more just and more economically stable but also more beautiful, and they intended that the entire life of the nation be completely subordinate to Communist party leaders commissioned to regulate, harmonize, and create a single "artistic" whole out of even the most minute details. What were the origins of this idea? And what were its artistic and literary ramifications? In addressing these issues, Groys questions the view that socialist realism was an "art for the masses." Groys argues instead that the "total art" proposed by Stalin and his followers was formulated by well-educated elites who had assimilated the experience of the avant-garde and been brought to socialist realism by the future-oriented logic of avant-garde thinking. After explaining the internal evolution of Stalinist art, Groys shows how socialist realism gradually disintegrated after Stalin's death. In an undecided and insecure Soviet culture, artists focused on restoring historical continuity or practicing "sots art, " a term derived from the combined names of socialist realism (sotsrealizm) and pop art. Increasingly popular in the West, sots-artists incorporate the Stalin myth into world mythology and demonstrate its similarity to supposedly opposing myths.

Author : Nathan J. Robinson
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 13,85 MB
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1250200873

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A primer on Democratic Socialism for those who are extremely skeptical of it. America is witnessing the rise of a new generation of socialist activists. More young people support socialism now than at any time since the labor movement of the 1920s. The Democratic Socialists of America, a big-tent leftist organization, has just surpassed 50,000 members nationwide. In the fall of 2018, one of the most influential congressmen in the Democratic Party lost a primary to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old socialist who had never held office before. But what does all this mean? Should we be worried about our country, or should we join the march toward our bright socialist future? In Why You Should Be a Socialist, Nathan J. Robinson will give readers a primer on twenty-first-century socialism: what it is, what it isn’t, and why everyone should want to be a part of this exciting new chapter of American politics. From the heyday of Occupy Wall Street through Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign and beyond, young progressives have been increasingly drawn to socialist ideas. However, the movement’s goals need to be defined more sharply before it can effect real change on a national scale. Likewise, liberals and conservatives will benefit from a deeper understanding of the true nature of this ideology, whether they agree with it or not. Robinson’s charming, accessible, and well-argued book will convince even the most skeptical readers of the merits of socialist thought.