{"product_id":"parapolitics-cultural-freedom-and-the-cold-war-anselm-franke-hardcover","title":"Parapolitics: Cultural Freedom and the Cold War -- Anselm Franke, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eParapolitics\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eParapolitics\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anselm Franke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sternberg Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.61h x 8.60w x 1.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783956795084\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnselm Franke has been Head of Visual Arts and Film at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) since 2013. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaz Guevara is a curator, researcher, and author based in Berlin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAntonia Majaca is a curator, and writer based in Berlin and Research Leader at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the Graz University of Technology.","brand":"Anselm Franke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45907697762532,"sku":"9783956795084","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9783956795084.jpg?v=1735321865","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/parapolitics-cultural-freedom-and-the-cold-war-anselm-franke-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}