Radical chic? Yes we are!

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Publication date 23-03-2012
Publisher Wien: Eurozine
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  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA)
Abstract Ever since Tom Wolfe in a classical 1970 essay coined the term "radical chic", upper-class flirtation with radical causes has been ridiculed. But by separating aesthetics from politics Wolfe was actually more reactionary than the people he criticized, writes Johan Frederik Hartle.
Document type Web publication or website
Language English
Published at http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2012-03-23-hartle-en.html
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