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The Return of the Avant‐Garde in Post‐war West Germany
Author(s) -
Lee Mia
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
australian journal of politics and history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-8497
pISSN - 0004-9522
DOI - 10.1111/ajph.12067
Subject(s) - avant garde , modernism (music) , politics , political action , economic history , cold war , art history , history , action (physics) , political science , political economy , sociology , law , physics , quantum mechanics
This article investigates the uneven recovery of art post‐1945. The return of debates on modernism and the emergence of the neo‐avant‐garde showcase the lines of continuity across the zero hour of 1945 as well as the art foundations for radical political action in West Germany.