Parapolitics: Cultural Freedom and the Cold War by Franke, Anselm

Parapolitics: Cultural Freedom and the Cold War

An examination of the use of modernism in the twentieth-century battle for US hegemony, through the activities...
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Author: Anselm Franke
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Parapolitics: Cultural Freedom and the Cold War by Franke, Anselm

Parapolitics: Cultural Freedom and the Cold War

€72,87

Parapolitics: Cultural Freedom and the Cold War

€72,87
Author: Anselm Franke
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
An examination of the use of modernism in the twentieth-century battle for US hegemony, through the activities of the CIA-funded Congress for Cultural Freedom.

Parapolitics confronts the contemporary fate of intellectual autonomy and artistic freedom by revisiting the use of modernism in the twentieth-century battle for US hegemony. It builds on a major exhibition at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (2017-18) that took as its starting point the Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF)--an organization covertly funded by the Central Intelligence Agency in order to steer the Left away from its remaining commitment to communism. Paying particular attention to CCF activities in the non-European world during a period of decolonization and the Civil Rights Movement, Parapolitics assembles archival documentation from five continents alongside a selection of historical artworks to explore the context in which artists negotiated the framing and meaning of their work. A rich reference book for future researchers and everybody interested in the legacy of modernism, the publication also presents more than thirty newly commissioned contributions by contemporary artists and scholars.



Author: Anselm Franke
Publisher: Sternberg Press
Published: 08/24/2021
Pages: 616
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 4.34lbs
Size: 11.61h x 8.60w x 1.52d
ISBN: 9783956795084

About the Author
Anselm Franke has been Head of Visual Arts and Film at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) since 2013.

Paz Guevara is a curator, researcher, and author based in Berlin.

Antonia Majaca is a curator, and writer based in Berlin and Research Leader at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Graz University of Technology.

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