About this title: As communism collapses into ruins, Boris Groys examines the aesthetic goals pursued with such catastrophic consequences by its founders. Interpreting totalitarian art and literature in the context of cultural history, this essay likens totalitarian aims to the modernists' demands that art should move from depicting to transforming the world. The ...
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780691055961ISBN:0691055963
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 126 p. Audience: General/trade. First Princeton printing with full number line. Book and DJ almost new! Pages clean, bright and unmarked. Binding tight, boards clean, corners square. Dust jacket shiny and attractive with light edge/shelf wear (a few edge crinkles/chips)-DJ in fine to near fine condition. A rare copy, a lovely collectible! read more
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