Utopia and Dissent in West Germany: The Resurgence of the Politics of Everyday Life in the Long 1960s

ISBN-13: 9780367662967 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 200 str.

Mia Lee

Opis

This book shows that artists and the discussions they revived - on the role of culture in democracy; the role of the artist in society; and the position of the work of art within late capitalism - directly contributed to larger discussions on democracy within the context of the Cold War.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements
Introduction

Part I: Reconstructing Art’s Autonomy and Social Function in Postwar Germany
Chapter One: A Zero Hour for the Arts
Chapter Two: The Return of the Avant-Garde
Chapter Three: The Rhineland and Beyond

Part II: The Primacy of Political Action
Chapter Four: West Germany on Trial
Chapter Five: In Search of the Radical Subject
Chapter Six: Liberation, Violence, and the Politicization of the Past

Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

O autorze

Mia Lee is Assistant Professor of History at the National University of Singapore.