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Modernism in Africa

Many African countries are home to extraordinary architecture that is virtually unknown. There are interpretations of Art Deco, International Style, Brutalism as well as of African vernacular architecture…

John Hoffmann

Modernism, Aesthetics and Anthropology

John Hoffmann argues that a combination of aesthetics and anthropology allowed modernist writers to challenge social hierarchies they associated with the nineteenth century. He shows how Enlightenment phi…

Understanding Bakhtin, Understanding Modernism

Explores and illuminates the impact of the Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin on our understanding of literary modernism. This volume explores the subject of modernism as seen through the lens of Bakhti…

Tashkent Modernism XX/XXI

Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, has been shaped by diverse cultures throughout its history. Following the 1966 earthquake, which caused large-scale destruction to the urban infrastructure, the city u…

Elke Seibert

Prehistoric Pictures and American Modernism

"In April 1937, the Museum of Modern Art in New York hosted an exhibition that served as a catalyst for the appropriation of prehistoric rock art in postwar abstract painting. With the title "Prehistoric …

Regina Martin

Modernism and Finance Capital

"Interpreting modernism as a historical moment of financial crisis, this book expands the definition of finance capital beyond mode of capital accumulation and value form. Scholars working at the crossroa…

Piotr Slodkowski,

Polish Modernism and Jewish Identity

"This book uncovers the changing artistic landscape of Poland between the 1920s and 1950s, through the work of Jewish-Polish painter and Holocaust survivor, Henryk Streng (Marek Wlodarski) (1903-1960). Ex…

Meindert Peters

Habituation in German Modernism

Investigates the relationship of early twentieth-century German literature and thought with contemporary cognitive studies and posits a new theory of modernism.

Ijlal Muzaffar

Modernism's Magic Hat

Examines the role of architecture in the history of global development and decolonization.

Ijlal Muzaffar

Modernism's Magic Hat

Examines the role of architecture in the history of global development and decolonization.

Orphia

L'Aventure des Gens Modernes

Björn Heile

Musical Modernism in Global Perspective

"In a series of historical and analytical case studies from different parts of the world, this first study of the global dimensions of musical modernism focuses on the transnational entanglements between …

Robert K. Huber,

China - Crossroads of Modernism

Modernism did not only take place in Europe, but also in multiple variations in East Asia. For example, Chinese students in the West came into contact with the themes and transformed them after returning …

From the Enlightenment to Modernism

The three centuries since 1700 have seen a fertile dialogue between literature in German and the momentous historical, philosophical, and cultural shifts of the period. The processes of modernization have…

Kenny Cupers

The Earth That Modernism Built

Rewrites the history of architectural modernism for an age of environmental crisis and enduring colonialism.

Judith Brown

Modernism and the Idea of India

"This study of India's historical background, aesthetic context and philosophical approach to art will appeal to a broad audience of educated readers interested in the relationship between art and politic…

Kenny Cupers

The Earth That Modernism Built

Rewrites the history of architectural modernism for an age of environmental crisis and enduring colonialism.

Tavid Mulder

Modernism in the Peripheral Metropolis

This book shows how Latin American writers and artists in the crisis-decades of the 1920s and 1930s used modernist techniques to explore national issues in relation to global capitalism. Drawing on a rich…

Sacred Modernity

Sacred Modernity documents the dramatic shift in ecclesiastical architecture across post-war Europe. Spurred on by the modernizing impulses of the Second Vatican Council in the early 1960s, and in search …