Pasolini The Apocalyptic Anarchist - Softcover

Pasolini The Apocalyptic Anarchist - SoftcoverFrom todays perspective, Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922 1975) comes across as one of the most productive and exhilarating talents in twentieth century art. He continues to be both an inspiring and provocative figure not only for his wide ranging virtuosity as a linguist, writer, journalist, and film maker but also on account of the themes that he addressed In modern day Europe with all its levelling processes, regulations, and a hypocrisy protected by the

• From today’s perspective, Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922 – 1975) comes across as one of the most productive and exhilarating talents in twentieth-century art. He continues to be both an inspiring and provocative figure not only for his wide-ranging virtuosity as a linguist, writer, journalist, and film-maker but also on account of the themes that he addressed
• In modern-day Europe with all its levelling processes, regulations, and a hypocrisy protected by the code of political correctness, the loss of his voice is keenly felt. Pasolini never simply glorified the ancient ways of isolated regions and decried progress; rather, by adopting both extremes, he created an all-embracing poetics of experimental thinking
• Hans Ulrich Reck’s book shows the relevance of his work today: that Pasolini was proved bitterly right in so many things is an expression of his far-sightedness in not reading the hidden signs of his time in terms of “grand theses” and “narratives”

The book is part of the series Analysis & Exzess

Pages: 160

Published: December 2021

Size (cm): 16 x 23 x 1

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