Inventing Bergson: Cultural Politics and the Parisian Avant-Garde

by Mark Antliff and Mark Antiliff

At the turn of the century the philosophy of Henri Bergson captivated France, and Bergson's theories of intuition and ?lan vital influenced artistic and political notions of the supreme individual, the collective consciousness of a class or race, and the esprit of the nation itself. Here Mark Antliff demonstrates how various artists in prewar France positioned themselves and their art in this plurality of political discourse. By interrelating such...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691032025
• ISBN13: 9780691032023
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"