Modern and Modernism (The Sovereignty of the Artist 1885-1925)

Author: [USA] Kǎr, translated by Chén Yǒngguó, Fù Jǐngchuān
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: A pioneering experimental work that breaks through traditional constraints, leading to cultural transformation. Modern and Modernism blends four decades of history and intellectual history with profound theory and extraordinary imagination, presenting the colorful modernist movement to a monotonous postmodern context. It may provide a deep historical sense for the complex and ambivalent attitudes towards globalization today. This book is a treatise focusing on modernism, a significant literary phenomenon in modern Western culture. Modernism refers to the works of writers and artists in the West who defied rational traditions since the late 19th century. The author uses extensive and rich materials, drawing from numerous fields such as literature, painting, music, dance, architecture, aesthetics, philosophy, psychology, and natural sciences, to clarify some ambiguous understandings and unresolved issues about modernism. However, due to differences in values and methodologies, some important viewpoints in the book are not ones we fully agree with.