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Dialectical Passions : Negation in Postwar Art Theory.

Representing a new generation of theorists who reaffirm the radical dimensions of art, Gail Day launches a bold critique of late-twentieth-century art theory and its often reductive analysis of cultural objects. Exploring core debates in discourses on art, from the New Left to theories of "&quo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Day, Gail
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2010.
Series:Columbia themes in philosophy, social criticism, and the arts.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. T.J. Clark and the Pain of the Unattainable Beyond; Chapter 2. Looking the Negative in the Face: Manfredo Tafuri and the Venice School of Architecture; Chapter 3. Absolute Dialectical Unrest: Or, the Dizziness of a Perpetually Self-Engendered Disorder; Chapter 4. The Immobilizations of Social Abstraction; Afterword: Abstract and Transitive Possibilities; Notes; Index.