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Militant modernism / Owen Hatherley.

By: Publication details: Winchester : O Books, c2008.Description: viii, 146 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781846941764
  • 1846941768
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The Brutishness of British modernism -- A hole into the future -- Revolutionary orgasm problems -- Alienation affects.
Summary: Arguing for a Modernism of everyday life, this book features new readings of some familiar names - such as Bertolt Brecht, Le Corbusier, Wilhelm Reich, Hanns Eisler - and some of the lesser known modernists of the 20th century. In readings of modern design, film, pop and architecture, it attempts to reclaim a revolutionary modernism from absorption into the heritage industry and the aesthetics of the luxury flat, and harks forward to modernism's utopian spirit.

Includes bibliographical references.

The Brutishness of British modernism -- A hole into the future -- Revolutionary orgasm problems -- Alienation affects.

Arguing for a Modernism of everyday life, this book features new readings of some familiar names - such as Bertolt Brecht, Le Corbusier, Wilhelm Reich, Hanns Eisler - and some of the lesser known modernists of the 20th century. In readings of modern design, film, pop and architecture, it attempts to reclaim a revolutionary modernism from absorption into the heritage industry and the aesthetics of the luxury flat, and harks forward to modernism's utopian spirit.