List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. Visual Art and Aesthetic Theory in Marx's Early Years: 1. Hellenes vs. Nazarenes
2. Feuerbach and the 'Nazarene' madonna
3. Marx's lost aesthetic: the early years under Friedrich Wilhelm IV
4. Marx's Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts and the development of a 'productivist' aesthetic
5. Towards an outline of artistic production, or the 'charm' of a materialist aesthetic
Part II. The Russian Saint-Simon: The Artist as Producer in Russia from the 1830s to the 1930s and Beyond: 6. Saint-Simonists and Realists
7. The Constructivists of the 1920s and the concept of avant-garde
8. Avant-garde vs. 'Agroculture': problems of the avant-garde - from Lenin to Stalin and after
Conclusion
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index.
