{"product_id":"automatic-for-the-masses-5","title":"Automatic for the Masses","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the end of the 1920s, the Modernist and avant-garde artistic programmes of the early Soviet Union were swept away by the rise of Stalinism and the dictates of Socialist Realism. Did this aesthetic transition also constitute a conceptual break, or were there unseen continuities between these two movements? In \u003cem\u003eAutomatic for the Masses\u003c\/em\u003e, Petre M. Petrov offers a novel, theoretically informed account of that transition, tracing those connections through Modernist notions of agency and authorship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReading the statements and manifestos of the Formalists, Constructivists, and other Soviet avant-garde artists, Petrov argues that Socialist Realism perpetuated in a new form the Modernist “death of the author.” In interpreting this symbolic demise, he shows how the official culture of the 1930s can be seen as a perverted realization of modernism’s unrealizable project. An insightful and challenging interpretation of the era, \u003cem\u003eAutomatic for the Masses\u003c\/em\u003e will be required reading for those interested in understanding early Soviet culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"By Petre M. Petrov","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55075358933372,"sku":"9781442616936","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781442616936_c5051170-5407-4380-8df5-21d3e2f9d706.jpg?v=1743626457","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/automatic-for-the-masses-5","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}