Romantic Desire in (Post) Modern Art and Philosophy (S U N Y Series in Postmodern Culture)

By Jos de Mul

An erudite and wide-ranging discussion of postmodernism and romanticism in twentieth-century art and philosophy.

In this erudite and wide-ranging discussion of postmodernism and romanticism in twentieth-century art and philosophy, Jos de Mul sheds a fascinating light on the ambivalent character of our present culture, which oscillates between modern enthusiasm and postmodern irony. Along the way, he engages the work of such thinkers as Nietzsche, Freud, Heidegger, Habermas, Lacan, Barthes, and Derrida; visual artists Magritte and Stella; poets George and Coleridge; and composers Sch nberg, Cage, and Reich, among others, providing a sort of intellectual history of Romantic, Modernist, and Postmodernist "tempers."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791442187
• ISBN13: 9780791442180
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher