LEADER 04123oam 22005654a 450 001 9910795271003321 005 20220114183532.0 010 $a1-5017-5774-1 010 $a1-60909-245-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781501757747 035 $a(CKB)4940000000148637 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5984625 035 $a(DE-B1597)572349 035 $a(OCoLC)1224278675 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501757747 035 $a(EXLCZ)994940000000148637 100 $a20180315h20182018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe futurist files $eavant-garde, politics, and ideology in Russia, 1905-1930 /$fIva Glisic 210 1$aDeKalb, Illinois :$cNIU Press,$d[2018] 210 4$d©2018 215 $a1 online resource (x, 218 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aNIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies 311 $a0-87580-790-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 197-209) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tNote on Transliteration and Abbreviation in Archival Citations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tCHAPTER ONE. THE BIRTH OF RUSSIAN FUTURISM OUT OF THE SPIRIT OF CRISIS, 1905?1917 -- $tCHAPTER TWO. NOT BY BAYONETS ALONE, 1917?1921 -- $tCHAPTER THREE. A PERMANENT REVOLUTION, 1921?1930 -- $tCHAPTER FOUR. THE SOVIET 1920s? CULTURE WARS -- $tCONCLUSION -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aFuturism was Russia's first avant-garde movement. Gatecrashing the Russian public sphere in the early twentieth century, the movement called for the destruction of everything old, so that the past could not hinder the creation of a new, modern society. Over the next two decades, the protagonists of Russian Futurism pursued their goal of modernizing human experience through radical art. The success of this mission has long been the subject of scholarly debate. Critics have often characterized Russian Futurism as an expression of utopian daydreaming by young artists who were unrealistic in their visions of Soviet society and naïve in their comprehension of the Bolshevik political agenda. By tracing the political and ideological evolution of Russian Futurism between 1905 and 1930, Iva Glisic challenges this view, demonstrating that Futurism took a calculated and systematic approach to its contemporary socio-political reality. This approach ultimately allowed Russia's Futurists to devise a unique artistic practice that would later become an integral element of the distinctly Soviet cultural paradigm. Drawing upon a unique combination of archival materials and employing a theoretical framework inspired by the works of philosophers such as Lewis Mumford, Karl Mannheim, Ernst Bloch, Fred Polak, and Slavoj ?i?ek, The Futurist Files presents Futurists not as blinded idealists, but rather as active and judicious participants in the larger project of building a modern Soviet consciousness. This fascinating study ultimately stands as a reminder that while radical ideas are often dismissed as utopian, and impossible, they did?and can?have a critical role in driving social change. It will be of interest to art historians, cultural historians, and scholars and students of Russian history. 606 $aFuturism (Art)$zRussia (Federation)$xHistory 606 $aFuturism (Art)$xPolitical aspects$zRussia (Federation) 606 $aArt and society$zRussia (Federation) 607 $aRussia (Federation)$2fast 607 $aRussland$2gnd 607 $aSowjetunion$2gnd 610 $aavant-garde movement, utopian society, Soviet culture, Karl Mannehim, Lewis Mumford, Ernst Bloch, Fred Polak, Slavoj Zizek. 615 0$aFuturism (Art)$xHistory. 615 0$aFuturism (Art)$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aArt and society 676 $a709.4709041 700 $aGlisic$b Iva$01504751 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795271003321 996 $aThe futurist files$93733921 997 $aUNINA