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The book's message of individualism, non-conformity, and living in harmony with nature inspired many members of the hippie movement to reject mainstream values and embrace a more sustainable, back-to-the-land lifestyle. [1] Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, 1865. Novel which involves abandonment of logic and is an example of ...
Ulises Carrión (1941, San Andres Tuxtla, Mexico – 1989, Amsterdam, the Netherlands), considered as "perhaps Mexico’s most important conceptual artist", [1] is widely known for his decisive role in defining and conceptualizing the artistic genre of artists' book through his manifesto The New Art of Making Books (1975). But his awareness and ...
In his book Enemies of the Enlightenment (2001), historian Darrin McMahon extends the Counter-Enlightenment back to pre-Revolutionary France and down to the level of "Grub Street". McMahon focuses on the early opponents to the Enlightenment in France, unearthing a long-forgotten " Grub Street " literature in the late 18th and early 19th ...
A counterculture is a culture whose values and norms of behavior differ substantially from those of mainstream society, sometimes diametrically opposed to mainstream cultural mores. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A countercultural movement expresses the ethos and aspirations of a specific population during a well-defined era.
Anti-art is a loosely used term applied to an array of concepts and attitudes that reject prior definitions of art and question art in general. Somewhat paradoxically, anti-art tends to conduct this questioning and rejection from the vantage point of art. [ 2 ]
Critics are accusing the British publisher of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s books of censorship after it removed colorful language from The post Critics reject changes to Roald Dahl books as ...
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13 Things That Don't Make Sense is a non-fiction book by the British writer Michael Brooks, published in both the UK and the US during 2008. [1] [2] [3] The British subtitle is "The Most Intriguing Scientific Mysteries of Our Time" [1] while the American is "The Most Baffling..." (see image).