French Literary Fascism - Couverture souple

Carroll, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0691058466 ISBN 13 : 9780691058467

Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1998

Synopsis

French Literary Fascism Offers an analysis of the literary-aesthetic dimension of French fascism - the peculiarly French form of what Walter Benjamin called the fascist 'aestheticizing of politics'. This book shows how both traditional and modern concepts of art figure in the elaboration of fascist ideology - and in the presentation of fascism as an art of the political. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This is the first book to provide a sustained critical analysis of the literary-aesthetic dimension of French fascism-the peculiarly French form of what Walter Benjamin called the fascist "aestheticizing of politics" Focusing first on three important extremist nationalist writers at the turn of the century and then on five of the most visible fascist intellectuals in France in the 1930s, David Carroll shows how both traditional and modern concepts of art figure in the elaboration of fascist ideology-and in the presentation of fascism as an art of the political. Carroll is concerned with the internal relations of fascism and literature-how literary fascists conceived of politics as a technique for fashioning a unified people and transforming the disparate elements of society into an organic, totalized work of art. He explores the logic of such aestheticizing, as well as the assumptions about art, literature, and culture at the basis of both the aesthetics and politics of French literary fascists. His book reveals how not only classical humanism but also modern aesthetics that defend the autonomy and integrity of literature became models for xenophobic forms of nationalism and extreme "cultural" forms of anti-Semitism. A cogent analysis of the ideological function of literature and culture in fascism, this work helps us see the ramifications of thinking of literature or art as the truth or essence of politics.

Biographie de l'auteur :

David Carroll is Professor of French and Chair of the Department of French and Italian at the University of California, Irvine. His previous publications include Paraesthetics: Foucault, Lyotard, Derrida and The Subject in Question: The Languages of Theory and the Strategies of Fiction.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date d'édition: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0691058466
• ISBN 13: 9780691058467
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 310