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Using the literary work of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, the founder of the Italian Futurist movement and an early associate of Mussolini, the author explores the point of contact between a "progressive" aesthetic practice and a "reactionary" political ideology.

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“An exciting and original discussion of the relationship between aesthetic modernism and political fascism. Hewitt draws productively from various theoretical sources—Benjamin, Derrida, Lyotard, and Brüger—without grinding any sectarian axe.”—Russell A. Berman, Stanford University

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Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Fascist Modernism Aesthetics Politics and the

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: 01/07/1996
      ISBN13: 9780804726979, 978-0804726979
      ISBN10: 0804726973
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Using the literary work of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, the founder of the Italian Futurist movement and an early associate of Mussolini, the author explores the point of contact between a "progressive" aesthetic practice and a "reactionary" political ideology.

      Trade Review
      “An exciting and original discussion of the relationship between aesthetic modernism and political fascism. Hewitt draws productively from various theoretical sources—Benjamin, Derrida, Lyotard, and Brüger—without grinding any sectarian axe.”—Russell A. Berman, Stanford University

      Table of Contents
      Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

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