Elizabeth Benjamin

Dada and Existentialism

The Authenticity of Ambiguity

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Produktbeschreibung

Offeringnew critical approaches to Dada as quintessential part of theAvant-Garde, Dada and Existentialism: the Authenticity of Ambiguity reassessesthe movement as a form of (proto-) Existentialist philosophy. Dada isoften dismissed as an anti-art movement with a merely destructive theoreticalimpetus. French Existentialism is often condemned for its perceived quietistimplications. However, closer analysis reveals a preoccupation with philosophyin the former and with art in the latter. Moreover, neither was nonsensical ormeaningless; both reveal a rich individualist ethics aimed at the ameliorationof the individual and society.

The first major comparative study of Dada andExistentialism, this text contributes new perspectives on Dada as movement,historical legacy, and field of study. Analysing Dada works throughExistentialist literature across the themes of choice, alienation,responsibility, freedom and truth, the text posits that Dada and Existentialismboth advocate the creation of a self that aims for authenticity throughambiguity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-56367-5
• 2016
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 153mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 405g
• ISBN-13: 9781137563675
• ISBN-10: 1137563672
• Artikelnr.: 44374044

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Benjamin is an independent researcher working within the field of the 20th-century European Avant-Garde. She has previously worked at the University of Birmingham, UK and the Université de Lorraine, France. Her work has been published in French Studies, Desearch, HARTS & Minds,  Synergies Royaume-Uni et Irlande and Papers of Surrealism.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements.- List of Abbreviations and Conventions.- Introduction:'I rebel, therefore we are'.- Chapter 1: Choice and Individuality in the ManyMasks of Dada.- Chapter 2: Alienation and Reality in Dada Film.- Chapter 3:Responsibility and Justice in the Dada Literary Event.- Chapter 4: Censorshipand Freedom in Dada and Beyond.- Chapter 5: Truth and Travesties in the Tellingand Retelling of Dada (Hi)Stories.- Conclusion: 'Let us try to assume ourfundamental ambiguity'.- Notes.- Bibliography.

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Acknowledgements.- List of Abbreviations and Conventions.- Introduction: ‘I rebel, therefore we are’.- Chapter 1: Choice and Individuality in the Many Masks of Dada.- Chapter 2: Alienation and Reality in Dada Film.- Chapter 3: Responsibility and Justice in the Dada Literary Event.- Chapter 4: Censorship and Freedom in Dada and Beyond.- Chapter 5: Truth and Travesties in the Telling and Retelling of Dada (Hi)Stories.- Conclusion: ‘Let us try to assume our fundamental ambiguity’.- Notes.- Bibliography.