In Pursuit of Universalism

In Pursuit of Universalism
Author :
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 323
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780520259522
ISBN-13 : 0520259521
Rating : 4/5 (521 Downloads)

Book Synopsis In Pursuit of Universalism by : Alicia Volk

Download or read book In Pursuit of Universalism written by Alicia Volk and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Volk's impressive study rethinks the East-West binary often reiterated in discussions of Japanese modernism by reinserting local aspects into the universalizing tendencies of modernism itself. The book makes an important contribution to the growing literature on modern Japanese art history by providing an alternative comparative framework for understanding the global development of modernism that decenters Euro-America. Rigorously historical in her critique, Volk destabilizes our understanding of the Japanese experience of modernity through the prism of Yorozu's singular vision of the self, leaving us questioning conventional wisdom and contented to wobble."--Gennifer Weisenfeld, Duke University "In Volk's affectingly stunning and deeply reflective study of the Japanese artist Yorozu Tetsugorō's work between 1910-1930, we have a profoundly historical reminder of how modernism everywhere struggled to meet the demands of the new with the readymades of received artistic practices. In this study of Yorozu's utopian universalist project, Volk has imaginatively broadened our understanding of the modernist moment and perceptively captured its global program to unify art and life, contemporary culture and history."--Harry Harootunian, author of Overcome by Modernity: History, Culture and Community in Interwar Japan


In Pursuit of Universalism Related Books

In Pursuit of Universalism
Language: en
Pages: 323
Authors: Alicia Volk
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"Volk's impressive study rethinks the East-West binary often reiterated in discussions of Japanese modernism by reinserting local aspects into the universalizin
The Universal One
Language: en
Pages: 266
Authors: Walter Russell
Categories: Cosmology
Type: BOOK - Published: 1974 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Soul of India
Language: en
Pages: 474
Authors: Bipin Chandra Pal
Categories: Civilization
Type: BOOK - Published: 1911 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Kant's Concept of Genius
Language: en
Pages: 173
Authors: Paul W. Bruno
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-03-04 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

While many studies have chronicled the Romantic legacy of artistic genius, this book uncovers the roots of the concept of genius in Kant's third Critique, along
No Off Season
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Steve Jones
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-26 - Publisher: Forbesbooks

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

No Off Season As a child, Steve Jones was taught to work hard for what he wanted. From shining shoes on street corners to earn a few dollars or pushing through