Modernity without a Project

Entering the 21st century, the postmodern succession has given way to a doom-laden, apolitical orthodoxy. This book offers suggestive readings of "the contemporary" in light of high modernity, postwar modernity, and postmodernity, as framed by the influential institutions of modern art and...

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Main Author: Johnson, C.B (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Brooklyn, NY punctum books 2015
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