{"product_id":"parapolitics-cultural-freedom-and-the-cold-war-hardcover","title":"Parapolitics: Cultural Freedom and the Cold War - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnselm Franke\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eNida Ghouse\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePaz Guevara\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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\u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 616\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.52 x 11.61 x 8.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 24, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729808166975,"sku":"9783956795084","price":52.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c696c27f405e7caca9e55b59723c4c87.webp?v=1765123690","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/parapolitics-cultural-freedom-and-the-cold-war-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}