Revolutionary time and the avant-garde
By: John Roberts
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9781781689127; 9781781689134
Subjects: Avant-garde (Aesthetics); Philosophy; Art
Description: "Since the decidedly bleak beginning of the twenty-first century, art practice has become increasingly politicized. Yet, few sustained defenses of the avant-garde have been put forward. Revolutionary Time and the Avant-Garde is the first book of its kind to look at the legacy of the avant-garde in relation to the deepening crisis of capitalist non-reproduction. An invigorating revitalization of the Frankfurt School legacy, Roberts's book is unique in its penetrating definition and defense of the avant-garde idea, providing a refined conceptual set of tools that critically engages with the most advanced art theorists of our day, such as Hal Foster, Andrew Benjamin, Alain Badiou, Jacques Ranciere, Paolo Virno, Claire Bishop, Michael Hardt, and Toni Negri"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The avant-garde after avant-gardism; title: Art, negation and the avant-garde; title: Autonomy and the avant-garde; title: Belatedness, internationalism and the  avant-garde; title: The avant-garde and praxis: metastasis, situatedness and the topological turn; title: Conclusion: Crisis, stratification and the avant-garde.