An expanded edition of revered theorist Michael Löwy's Morning Star:
Marxism and Surrealism (previously published in French, Portuguese,
Spanish, Italian, and Greek), this masterwork collects the author's
essays on the ways in which surrealism intersected with a variety of
revolutionary political approaches, ranging from utopian ideals to
Marxism and situationism. Taking its title from André Breton's essay
"Arcane 17," which casts the star as the searing firebrand of rebellion,
Löwy's provocative work spans many perspectives. These include
surrealist artists who were deeply interested in Marxism and anarchism
(Breton among them), as well as Marxists who were deeply interested in
surrealism (Walter Benjamin in particular).Probing the dialectics
of innovation, diversity, continuity, and unity throughout surrealism's
international presence, Morning Star also incorporates analyses of
Claude Cahun, Guy Debord, Pierre Naville, José Carlos Mariátegui and
others, accompanied by numerous reproductions of surrealist art. An
extraordinarily rich collection, Morning Star promises to ignite new
dialogues regarding the very nature of dissent.
