A Cyclical Aesthetic: Futurism, Fascism and Modern Film.
This paper will review some of the artistic and political revolutions of the past century. It will be argued that the art of the century cannot truly be understood without reference to its political structures, and vice versa, for the two informed each others structures and patterns of development. Indeed, as will be seen, the deep structure of aesthetics in this century is cyclical and may be seen to have - at century's end - determined the triumph of the fascist will in aesthetics five decades after the ideology was crushed in Europe. 7 pgs. 7 f/c. 5b.
