Art & Aesthetics
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A New Kind of Bleak
An anatomy of failed-state Britain, by the author of A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain
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Civil Imagination
The “Copernican Revolution” in studying photography brings to light how images can both reinforce and resist power regimes.
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Film After Film
How the digital turn and 9/11 have changed motion picture history.by J. Hoberman
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Quasi Una Fantasia
Adorno’s own selection of his essays and journalism from more than three decades of music writing.
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Investigating Sex
Edited by José Pierre
"The surrealist's approach to sexuality was original and important ... I feel this book will amaze us all."—George Melly
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Cities Under Siege
A powerful exposé of how political violence operates through the spaces of urban life.
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The Art-Architecture Complex
A leading art theorist analyzes the global style in art and architecture.by Hal Foster
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A Short History of Cahiers du Cinéma
An unique account of cinema's most influential journal.
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Savage Messiah
The acclaimed art fanzine’s psychogeographic drifts through a ruined city.
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Close to the Edge
"A classic of hip hop writing and a poignant tribute to urban youth."—Jeff Chang, author of <em>Can't Stop Won't Stop</em>
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The Total Art of Stalinism
by Boris Groys
"Artists can make a hash of society as completely as the most cynical of politicians."—Boston Globe
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All Over the Map
The celebrated radical architect returns with an anthology on the politics and culture of architecture.
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White Riot
Edited by Stephen Duncombe, and Maxwell Tremblay
The ultimate collection on punk and race, from the Clash to Los Crudos.
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A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain
A darkly humorous architectural guide to the decrepit new Britain that neoliberalism built.
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Brecht and Method
“Elegant dissection of Brecht’s method, from estrangements to allegory and beyond.”—Modern Drama
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Design and Crime (And Other Diatribes)
by Hal Foster
“Design and Crime is cool, measured, and steady, like a Gunsmoke shootout.”—Greil Marcus