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Convergenţa dincolo de ideologii a cenzurării totuşi politice a artelor
Convergence Beyond Ideologies of Political Censorship of Arts

Author(s): Cristian Stamatoiu
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Visual Arts
Published by: Universitatea de Teatru si Film »I.L. Caragiale« (UNATC)
Keywords: Bauhaus; Paris International Exhibition (1937); totalitarianism censorship of (theatrical) arts aiming the “New Man”; agitprop spectacology; walhallian mysteries;

Summary/Abstract: The study Convergence Beyond the Ideologies of a Yet Political Arts Censorship identifies similar ways of censoring the arts in the totalitarianisms of the twentieth century, that sought to create the “New Man” through hatred and the denial of alterity. Although the ideologies that used this cultural reductionism were adversaries, in social practice they came closer through their attempts to transform art into political propaganda. Thus, in each case the aim was to perform a collective brain wash, until the execution of the supreme and ideologically correct commands of the moment, even though they were infamous. However, the spread of dogmatism invariably ossifies the parasitic society, preventing it from responding to the complex challenges of reality. And the paralysis of the social body can only lead to an inevitable collapse, as demonstrated by the history of totalitarianism since time immemorial.

  • Issue Year: 22/2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 129-144
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Romanian
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