The Psychologizing of Modernity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521582384)

In The Psychologizing of Modernity, Mark Jarzombek examines the impact of psychology on twentieth-century aesthetics. Analyzing the interface among psychology, art history and avant-gardist practices, he also reflects on the longevity of the myth of aesthetic individuality as it infiltrated not only avant-garde art, but also history writing. The principle focus of this study is pre-World War II Germany, where theories of empathy and Entartung emerged; and postwar America, where artists, critics and historians gradually shifted from their reliance on psychology to philosophy, and most recently, to theory.

Author: Mark Jarzombek
ISBN-10: 0521582385
ISBN-13: 9780521582384
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/28/1999
Pages: 340
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.32w x 1.05d