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The Culture of Redemption by Leo Bersani

The Culture of Redemption

Leo Bersani
248 pages
Harvard University Press
Jan 1992
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Leo Bersani does battle with the pervasive idea that art can save humanity from the catastrophes of history and sexuality. He argues that this trivializes both art and life itself, in a deceptive and dangerous way. Chapter subjects include Proust, Freud, Baudelaire, Malraux and Bataille.
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