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When Dada burst onto the European stage in 1916, it shocked and scandalized the public of its day with art forms, ideas, and attitudes which were so revolutionary that it is only in recent decades that they have begun to find recognition within the broad cultural movement known as postmodernism. In fact, many postmodern artistic and intellectual tendencies can be seen to have descended via an underground tradition from the experiments of the Dadaists earlier this century. Yet, the existence of this close link has been largely neglected by scholars. This book, for the first time, examines in depth the link between modernism and postmodernism and demonstrates the extensive similarities, as well as the few crucial differences between the ideas and art of the Dadaists on the one hand, and those of contemporary postmodern thinkers and artists on the other. Although they did not have access to postmodern terminology, it is clear that many Dadaists were essentially attempting to escape constrictive Enlightenment and modern(ist)structures in order to create a proto-postmodern space of difference, otherness, and flux. Their successes, failures, and compromises in this respect are very illustrative for anyone interested in the progress of our own intellectual and artistic culture in its wavering between modern and postmodern. This book offers a much-needed historical perspective and solid basis for the on-going debate on postmodernism.

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Author:   Mark A. Pegrum
Publisher:   Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Imprint:   Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9781571811301

ISBN 10:   1571811303
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   18 May 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. Post Modernism: Where We Are and How We Got Here The Death of God and the Beginning of Modernity The Postmodern Critique of Modernity Putting Postmodernism into Perspective Modernism and Postmodernism as Artistic Responses Chapter 2. Dada and the Trappings of Modernity The Search for Alternative Paradigms The Natural Order The Transcendence of Art Ball and Catholicism Political Engagement Freud Modern Solutions to Modern Problems Chapter 3. A Bridge to the Postmodern Dada and the Revolt Against Pre-Modern Paradigms Dada and the Revolt Against Modern Paradigms Dada Against Western Philosophy Dada Against Reason Dada Against Humanism Dada Against History Dada Against Utopias Dada Against Marx Dada Against Freud Dada Against Science and Technology Dada: For and Against Chaos Dada: A Postmodern Attitude? Dada, Postmodernism, and The Negative Speed Chapter 4. Voicing the Other 'Primitivism' Childhood and the Fabulous Madness The Feminine Transgender Dada as Other Chapter 5. Celebrating Life Being Serious The Nature of the Game: A Closer Examination The Look Carnival The Subversion of Binarisms Dada as Incomprehensible Celebrating Life: Dada, Postmodernism, and The Positive Speed Chapter 6. Visions of Change The Role of Intellectuals The Potential for Change Chapter 7. (Anti)Art The Desacralisation of Art Irony Defrocking the Artist The Art Market High versus Low Culture Ephemerality Art versus Life The Legacy of Rebellion Chapter 8. Working in the Gap Between Art and Life Revitalising the Margins Juxtaposition Chance Simultaneity The Absurd Word Games Sound and Visual Poetry The Assault on Closure Dada: A Postmodern Art? Chapter 9. Dada in Relation to its Artistic Environment Cubism Futurism Expressionism Surrealism Chapter 10. Perspectives on a (Post)Modern Future Is Postmodernism Impractical? Is Postmodernism Still Modern After All? Dada: Caught Between Modern and Postmodern Learning from Dada Bibliography Index

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Mark A. Pegrum teaches in the German and French Departments of The University of Western Australia.

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