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Dada and Existentialism: The Authenticity of Ambiguity
Elizabeth Benjamin
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Hardback. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
Offering new critical approaches to Dada as quintessential part of the Avant-Garde, Dada and Existentialism: the Authenticity of Ambiguity reassesses the movement as a form of (proto-) Existentialist philosophy. Dada is often dismissed as an anti-art movement with a merely destructive theoretical impetus. French Existentialism is often condemned for its perceived quietist implications. However, closer analysis reveals a preoccupation with philosophy in the former and with art in the latter. Moreover, neither was nonsensical or meaningless; both reveal a rich individualist ethics aimed at the amelioration of the individual and society. ... Read more
Offering new critical approaches to Dada as quintessential part of the Avant-Garde, Dada and Existentialism: the Authenticity of Ambiguity reassesses the movement as a form of (proto-) Existentialist philosophy. Dada is often dismissed as an anti-art movement with a merely destructive theoretical impetus. French Existentialism is often condemned for its perceived quietist implications. However, closer analysis reveals a preoccupation with philosophy in the former and with art in the latter. Moreover, neither was nonsensical or meaningless; both reveal a rich individualist ethics aimed at the amelioration of the individual and society. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
441g
Number of Pages
229
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137563675
SKU
V9781137563675
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About Elizabeth Benjamin
Elizabeth Benjamin is an independent researcher working within the field of the 20th-century European Avant-Garde. She has previously worked at the University of Birmingham, UK and the Universite de Lorraine, France. Her work has been published in French Studies, Desearch, HARTS & Minds, Synergies Royaume-Uni et Irlande and Papers of Surrealism.
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