Psychology, Art, and Antifascism: Ernst Kris, E. H. Gombrich, and the Politics of Caricature (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780300221473)

A vivid portrait of two remarkable twentieth-century thinkers and their landmark collaboration on the use and abuse of caricature and propaganda in the modern world

In 1934, Viennese art historian and psychoanalyst Ernst Kris invited his mentee E. H. Gombrich to collaborate on a project that had implications for psychology and neuroscience, and foreshadowed their contributions to the Allied war effort. Their subject: caricature and its use and abuse in propaganda. Their collaboration was a seminal early effort to integrate science, the humanities, and political awareness. In this fascinating biographical and intellectual study, Louis Rose explores the content of Kris and Gombrich's project and its legacy.

Author: Louis Rose
ISBN-10: 0300221479
ISBN-13: 9780300221473
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/25/2016
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.40w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2017