Psychology, art, and antifascism : Ernst Kris, E.H. Gombrich, and the politics of caricature /
In 1934, Viennese art historian and psychoanalyst Ernst Kris invited his mentee E.H. Gombrich to collaborate on a project that had implications for psychology and neuroscience, and foreshadowed their contributions to the Allied war effort. Their subject, caricature and its use and abuse in propagand...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven, Connecticut :
Yale University Press,
[2016]
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| Summary: | In 1934, Viennese art historian and psychoanalyst Ernst Kris invited his mentee E.H. Gombrich to collaborate on a project that had implications for psychology and neuroscience, and foreshadowed their contributions to the Allied war effort. Their subject, caricature and its use and abuse in propaganda. Their collaboration was a seminal early effort to integrate science, the humanities and political awareness. In this fascinating biographical and intellectual study, Louis Rose explores the content of Kris and Gombrich's project and its legacy. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 295 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300221473 0300221479 |