Volume 11 2021

by Günter Berghaus

This volume explores the fraught relationship between Futurism and the
Sacred. Like many fin-de-si cle intellectuals, the Futurists were
fascinated by various forms of esotericism such as theosophy and
spiritualism and saw art as a privileged means to access states of being
beyond the surface of the mundane world. At the same time, they viewed
with suspicion organized religions as social institutions hindering
modernization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 311075102X
• ISBN13: 9783110751024
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 540 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"