The Scandal of Pleasure: Art in an Age of Fundamentalism, Wendy Steiner (9780226772240) — Readings Books
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The Scandal of Pleasure: Art in an Age of Fundamentalism

Wendy Steiner
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Surveying a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie’s death sentence, from canon-revision in the academy to the scandals that have surrounded Anthony Blunt, Martin Heidegger, and Paul de Man, Wendy Steiner shows that the fear and outrage they inspired are the result of dangerous misunderstanding about the relationship between art and life.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Country
United States
Date
6 November 1997
Pages
263
ISBN
9780226772240

Surveying a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie’s death sentence, from canon-revision in the academy to the scandals that have surrounded Anthony Blunt, Martin Heidegger, and Paul de Man, Wendy Steiner shows that the fear and outrage they inspired are the result of dangerous misunderstanding about the relationship between art and life.

Read More
Format
Paperback
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Country
United States
Date
6 November 1997
Pages
263
ISBN
9780226772240

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