Art and Revolution

Transversal Activism in the Long Twentieth Century

Gerald Raunig, Aileen Derieg

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German

Semiotext (E)
21 September 2007

Theory of art; Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism

Series: Art and Revolution

A philosopher and art theorist extends the poststructuralist theory of revolution to the nexus of art and activism.

Gerald Raunig has written an alternative art history of the ""long twentieth century,"" from the Paris Commune of 1871 to the turbulent counter-globalization protests in Genoa in 2001. Meticulously moving from the Situationists and Sergei Eisenstein to Viennese Actionism and the PublixTheatreCaravan, Art and Revolution takes on the history of revolutionary transgressions and optimistically charts an emergence from its tales of tragic failure and unequivocal disaster. By eloquently applying Deleuze and Guattari's idea of the ""machine,"" Raunig extends the poststructuralist theory of revolution through to the explosive nexus of art and activism. As hopeful as it is incisive, Art and Revolution encourages a new generation of artists and thinkers to refuse to participate in the tired prescriptions of marketplace and authority and instead create radical new methods of engagement. Raunig develops an indispensable, contemporary conception of political change-a conception that transcends the outmoded formulations of insurrection and resistance. Too much blood and ink has been shed for the art machines and the revolutionary machines to remain separate. Gerald Raunig is a philosopher and art theorist who lives in Vienna, Austria.

By: Gerald Raunig
Translated by: Aileen Derieg
Imprint: Semiotext (E)
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 499g
ISBN: 9781584350460
ISBN 10: 1584350466
Series: Art and Revolution
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 21 September 2007
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gerald Raunig is a philosopher and art theorist. He works at the Z rich University of the Arts, Z rich and the eipcp (European Institute for Progressive Cultural Policies), Vienna. He is coeditor of the multilingual publishing platform Transversal Texts and the Austrian journal Kamion. He is the author of Art and Revolution, A Thousand Machines, and Factories of Knowledge, Industries of Creativity, all published by Semiotext e .