Vanguardia

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Vanguardia

Socially engaged art and theory

Theory of art Political activism / Political engagement

Author: Marc James Leger

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Language: English

Published by: Manchester University Press

Published on: 17th January 2019

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 2 Mb

ISBN: 9781526134905


The avant garde is dead

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.

About Vanguardia

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.

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