Red Square, Black Square by Vladislav Todorov
Viewing communism as an aesthetically, not economically, motivated society, the book enacts "political aesthetics" as a discipline that provides the fundamental tool for an adequate and thorough understanding of communism. Todorov concludes by discussing the rise of nationalism in Eastern Europe as a post-communist condition, and the new mission of the intellectuals."Because its postmodern approach echoes Baudrillard's own analyses of the economy of simulacra in Western societies, this book can serve as a solid basis for a comparative study of aesthetic and political productions both East and WestIt can also be read as a "secret history" of modernism. Deliberately fragmentary and metaphorically charged, the book's form suits an exploration of the existential and political "ruins" of communism."— Marcel Cornis-Pope, Virginia Commonwealth University
Vladislav Todorov is in the Department of Slavic Languages at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780791421925 |
| ISBN 10 | 0791421929 |
| Title | Red Square, Black Square |
| Author | Vladislav Todorov |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | State University of New York Press |
| Year published | 1994-11-22 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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