Lyrical individualism : selected writings on Henri Bergson and anarchism / André Colomer ; selection, translation, introduction and commentary by Oskar De Wolf ; with a foreword by Mark Antlif

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Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

ISBN : 978-0-231-21506-0

ISBN : 978-0-231-21507-7

ISBN : 0-231-21507-X

EAN : 9780231215077

Bergson -- Henri -- 1859-1941 -- Critique et interprétation

Colomer -- André -- 1886-1931 -- Critique et interprétation

Anarchisme -- France -- 1900-1945

Avant-garde (esthétique) -- France -- 1900-1945

Vie intellectuelle -- France -- 1900-1945

Littérature expérimentale -- France

Classification Dewey : 320.570 944

De Wolf, Oskar (Editeur scientifique / editor)

Antliff, Mark (1957-....) (Préfacier, etc. / author of introd)

Collection : Columbia themes in philosophy, social criticism, and the arts / Lydia Goehr and Gregg M. Horowitz, editors / New York (N. Y.) [etc.] : Columbia University Press , 2006-

Résumé / Abstract : "At the turn of the 20th century Paris was the epicenter of a cultural revolution, and anarchist philosopher, activist, and poet André Colomer (1886-1931) was one of its most recognized participants--as historian Richard Sonn described him in Sex, Violence, and the Avant-Garde: Anarchism in Interwar France (Penn State, 2010), "the nearest thing interwar anarchism had to a star." A public figure allied with the avant-garde Cubists, Futurists, Symbolists, Surrealists, and Communist theorists, he had a journalistically punchy writing style and was credited for developing an influential new theory of anarchist individualism, action d'art. His work, never translated into English (but still in print in France and Spain), remains relevant to the contemporary anarchist movement in its anticipation of postanarchism and its philosophical integration of aesthetics, activism, and individualism. This anthology of writings from all eras of his life reintroduces Colomer to activists, historians, political theorists, and philosophers and represents the first translation and publication of his work since his untimely death from cancer at the age of 45. It will fill a major lacuna in the historical relationships among the anarchist movement and the avant-garde while at the same time reintroducing a key theorist whose intellectual scope was profoundly interdisciplinary, encompassing drama, poetry, aesthetics, philosophy, and music"