The Unbearable

Toward an Antifascist Aesthetic

By Jon Baskin

Online pdf

ask whether it is necessary–or wise–to abandon the field of the emotional sublime to the fascists

Published in 2020 in The New York Review of Books.

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    author={Jon Baskin},
    year=2020,
    month=aug,
    journal={The New York Review of Books},
    keywords={ideology, extremism, fascism, modernity, art-theory, emotions},
    ranking={rank3},
    url={https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/08/14/the-unbearable-toward-an-antifascist-aesthetic/}
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