Art, Class & Cleavage: A Quantulumcunque Concerning Materialistic Esthetics - Softcover

Watson, Ben

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Synopsis

Addressing the division between art and class (aesthetics and politics), and arguing that cultural impoverishment has been the result of this split, Watson puts forward theories that revive the interconnection and provide a startling reappraisal of Marx, Trotsky, Voloshinov, Freud and Philip K. Dick. This book ranges freely over the cultural options of modern life - rock 'n' roll, avant garde music, poetry, science fiction, jazz, installation art - while keeping its theoretical critique short, sharp and shocking.

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About the Author

Watson is a freelance writer and editor.

Review

" A funny and brilliant book. It provides evidence that radicalism survives in the most exciting and exacting forms. " --Peter Ackroyd

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