Surpassing the Spectacle: Global Transformations and the Changing Politics of Art

by Carol Becker

Book Overview

In her newest book, leading social critic Carol Becker offers a timely analysis of the nature of art and its role in politics and society. Completed just before the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center catastrophe, Surpassing the Spectacle is now especially relevant in its analysis of the spectacle society that was omnipresent before that fatal day. This book is remarkably prescient of the new concerns that have now become foremost in our thoughts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742509206
• ISBN13: 9780742509207
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 9.2"