Modernity as Exile: The Stranger in John Berger's Writing"Modernity as exile tackles the themes of migration, displacement, and multiculturalism in the modern world." "Throughout John Berger's writings, whether an art, literature or sociology, the figure of the stranger signals both the pain of uprooting and the insight gained from 'another way of seeing'." "Nikos Papastergiadis uses this figure to argue that 'exile' is not merely a political or social fact, but is an inner condition, central to the postmodern self. He analyses the cultural dynamics that connect migration and exile, not simply as the negative consequence of contemporary culture, but as its fundamental driving force. Peoples are displaced not only by wars and famine but by economics, tourism, global telecommunications. How this explodes our notions of home, of community and our sense of belonging is the central question addressed by this provocative and powerful book."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
Other editions - View all
Modernity as Exile: The Stranger in John Berger's Writing Nikos Papastergiadis No preview available - 1993 |
Common terms and phrases
aesthetic Affandi affirmation alienation ambivalence art criticism articulated artist avant-garde Berger argues Berger's texts Berger's writing Bhabha Ceri Richards certitudes characterised claim confrontation consciousness cubism cultural defined desire detachment dialectic difference discourse displacement distance dynamics empathy emphasises essay estrangement exile exiled artist experience expression Failure of Picasso flâneur Foot of Clive foreign future Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Gayatri Spivak generalised Georg Simmel homeland Ibid idealised identification identity imagination integration interpretation Jack House Janos Janos's John Berger journey Kracauer Kristeva lack language liminal London Marxism meaning metaphor migrant misogyny modernist modernity Nietzsche nostalgia novel object opposition oscillation Painter painting paradox past Permanent Red perspective Peter Peri Picasso political possibility postmodern present question realisation relationship represents role romantic romanticism rupture Sassal schema Schutz sense Simmel social position society space Spivak Statesman stranger tension tradition transformation truth uncanny utopia vision woman