The Politics of Modernism: Against the New Conformists by Raymond Williams
By Raymond Williams
This is often an exploration of the ambivalent dating among progressive politics and modernist or avant-garde artwork. Williams clarifies the various matters that experience dogged fresh serious dialogue: the time period “modernism” itself; the excellence among modernism and avant garde; and the potential of a cultural thought “beyond the trendy” which avoids the pitfalls of postmodernism.
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