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Author Glisic, Iva, author.

Title The futurist files : avant-garde, politics, and ideology in Russia, 1905-1930 / Iva Glisic
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018
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Description 1 online resource (x, 218 pages) : illustrations
Contents The birth of Russian futurism out of the spirit of crisis, 1905-1917 -- Not by bayonets alone, 1917-1921 -- A permanent revolution, 1921-1930 -- The Soviet 1920s' culture wars
Summary "Futurism was Russia's first avant-garde movement. Gatecrashing the Russian public sphere in the early twentieth century, the movement called for the destruction of everything old, so that the past could not hinder the creation of a new, modern society. Over the next two decades, the protagonists of Russian Futurism pursued their goal of modernizing human experience through radical art. The success of this mission has long been the subject of scholarly debate. Critics have often characterized Russian Futurism as an expression of utopian daydreaming by young artists who were unrealistic in their visions of Soviet society and naïve in their comprehension of the Bolshevik political agenda. By tracing the political and ideological evolution of Russian Futurism between 1905 and 1930, Iva Glisic challenges this view, demonstrating that Futurism took a calculated and systematic approach to its contemporary socio-political reality. This approach ultimately allowed Russia's Futurists to devise a unique artistic practice that would later become an integral element of the distinctly Soviet cultural paradigm. Drawing upon a unique combination of archival materials and employing a theoretical framework inspired by the works of philosophers such as Lewis Mumford, Karl Mannheim, Ernst Bloch, Fred Polak, and Slavoj Žižek, Glisic presents Futurists not as blinded idealists, but rather as active and judicious participants in the larger project of building a modern Soviet consciousness. This fascinating study ultimately stands as a reminder that while radical ideas are often dismissed as utopian, and impossible, they did - and can - have a critical role in driving social change"--Back cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-209) and index
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Subject Futurism (Art) -- Russia (Federation) -- History
Futurism (Art) -- Political aspects -- Russia (Federation)
Art and society -- Russia (Federation)
HISTORY / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union
Art and society
Futurism (Art)
Kulturpolitik
Künste
Futurismus
Avantgarde
Russia (Federation)
Sowjetunion
Russland
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781609092450
1609092457
9781501757747
1501757741