Militant Modernism (Hatherley Owen)(Paperback)

Militant Modernism (Hatherley Owen)(Paperback)

Argues for a Modernism of everyday life, immersed in questions of socialism, sexual politics and technology. This work features chapters ranging from a study of industrial and brutalist aesthetics in Britain, the Sexpol of Wilhelm Reich in film and design, and the alienation effects of Brecht and

Red Metropolis: Socialism and the Government of London (Hatherley Owen)(Paperback)

A polemical history of municipal socialism in London - and an argument for turning this capitalist capital red again. A polemical history of municipal socialism in London -- and an argument for turning this capitalist capital red again. London is conventionally seen as merely a combination of the

Uncommon: An Essay on Pulp (Hatherley Owen)(Paperback)

If we remember them at all, the pop group Pulp are remembered for jolly class warfare ditty 'Common People'. This book argues that they should be taken seriously. The text charts the very strange things that occur in their records, taking us deep into a strange exotic

Stavebnice - Owen Hatherley

Kniha Paula Coxe Stavebnice (2018) je záznamem přípravy souborné výstavy autorova díla v pařížském Centre Georges Pompidou z roku 2005. Vychází z autorova blogu, který si při této příležitosti založil. Paul Cox byl původně architektem, v současné době se věnuje ilustraci a

Modernism: The Basics (Winkiel Laura)(Paperback)

Modernism: The Basics provides an accessible overview of the study of modernism in its global dimensions. Examining the key concepts, history and varied forms of the field, it guides the reader through the major approaches, outlining key debates, to answer such questions as: What is modernism?

The Senses of Modernism (Danius Sara)(Paperback)

In The Senses of Modernism, Sara Danius develops a radically new theoretical and historical understanding of high modernism. The author closely analyzes Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain, Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past, and James Joyce's Ulysses as narratives of the sweeping changes that

Tudor Church Militant - Edward VI and the Protestant Reformation (MacCulloch Diarmaid)(Paperback / softback)

Introducing Modernism: A Graphic Guide (Rodrigues Chris)(Paperback)

Modernism is usually thought of as a shock wave of innovations hitting art, architecture, music, cinema and literature - the work of Picasso, Joyce, Schoenberg, movements like Futurism and Dada, the architecture of Le Corbusier, T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland and the avant-garde theatre of Bertolt

Late Modernism (Fitzpatrick Anne)(Paperback)

An examination of the art movement known as Late Modernism from its beginnings in the 1940s to its decline in the 1970s, including an introduction to great artists and

Modernism: A Very Short Introduction (Butler Christopher)(Paperback)

Modernism ushered in some of the most exciting innovations in art and literature, from Fauvism, Cubism, and Dada, to the novels of James Joyce and Franz Kafka, to such provocative works as Marcel Duchamp's 'Fountain.' But Modernism also left many people puzzled in its wake. How can a routine

Museums After Modernism: Strategies of Engagement (Pollock Griselda)(Paperback)

Museums After Modernism is a unique collectionthat showcases the ways questions about the museum go to the heart of contemporary debates about the production, consumption and distribution of art. The book features expert artists, curators and art historians who grapple with many of the vibrant

Arab Modernism as World Cinema: The Films of Moumen Smihi (Limbrick Peter)(Paperback)

Arab Modernism as World Cinema explores the radically beautiful films of Moroccan filmmaker Moumen Smihi, demonstrating the importance of Moroccan and Arab film cultures in histories of world cinema. Addressing the legacy of the Nahda or 'Arab Renaissance' of the nineteenth and early twentieth

Bunker Research - The hidden history of modernism in the mountains (Leonard Max)(Paperback / softback)

Militant (Crick Michael)(Paperback / softback)

An all new edition of Michael Crick's political classic is an important historical document with a new introduction by the author, contextualising its subject's place in

Poetry of Wilfred Owen (Owen Wilfred)(Paperback / softback)

Heal's Posters - Advertising Modernism (Artmonsky Ruth)(Paperback / softback)

A survey of posters produced by Heal's from 1917 to

The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic? (Zizek Slavoj)(Paperback)

A militant Marxist atheist and a 'Radical Orthodox' Christian theologian square off on everything from the meaning of theology and Christ to the war machine of corporate mafia.'What matters is not so much that Zizek is endorsing a demythologized, disenchanted Christianity without transcendence, as

Capital (Marx Karl)(Paperback)

A classic of early modernism, Capital combines vivid historical detail with economic analysis to produce a bitter denunciation of mid-Victorian capitalist society. It has proved to be the most influential work in twentieth-century social science; Marx did for social science what Darwin had done for

Henry van de Velde: The Artist as Designer - From Art Nouveau to Modernism (Hollis Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Modernism (Childs Peter)(Paperback)

Modernist movements radically transformed the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century literary establishment, and their effects are still felt today. Modernism introduces and analyzes what amounted to nothing less than a literary and cultural revolution.In this fully updated, expanded, and

Last Four Things (Hoffman Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Returning to the Sanctuary of the Redeemers, Thomas Cale is told by the Lord Militant that the destruction of mankind is necessary; the only way to undo God's greatest mistake. Cale seemingly accepts his role in the ending of the world: fate has painted him as the Left Hand of God, the Angel of

Militant Democracy and Its Critics: Populism, Parties, Extremism (Malkopoulou Anthoula)(Paperback)

Should representative governments restrict the democratic rights of their extremist opponents? The first edited collection to boast an international group of political scientists, legal scholars and philosophers debating the urgent question of how to combat anti-democratic extremism Asks whether it

After Law (de Sutter Laurent)(Paperback)

Law is the most sacred fetish of our time. From radicals to conservatives, there is no militant, activist or thinker who would consider doing without it. But the history of our fascination with law is long and complex, and reaches deeper into our culture than we might think. In After Law, Laurent

Contemporary Painting (Hudson Suzanne)(Paperback)

The twentieth century brought radical changes in art--including the shift from modernism to postmodernism--which were accompanied by fierce debates regarding the place of painting in contemporary culture. Contemporary Painting argues that the medium has not only persisted in the twenty-first