04520nam a22005415i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020003700100024003500137050001200172072001600184072002300200072001600223100009800239245015700337250001800494264007900512300004200591336002600633337002600659338003600685347002400721490008100745505021200826520232001038650002303358650002803381650002503409650002503434650004003459650002303499650003003522650002403552650002503576650002903601710003403630773002603664776003603690776003603726776003603762830008803798856004603886912001403932912001503946999001703961978-3-031-74017-6DE-He21320251030114649.0cr nn 008mamaa241229s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830317401769978-3-031-74017-67 a10.1007/978-3-031-74017-62doi 4aBH1-301 7aHPN2bicssc 7aPHI0010002bisacsh 7aQDTN2thema1 aGuðmundsdóttir, Sólveig.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut98982510aSubversive Esotericism and Aesthetic Radicalismh[electronic resource] :bThe Myths and Rituals of Viennese Actionism /cby Sólveig Guðmundsdóttir.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,c2024.  aIX, 315 p. 1 illus.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aPalgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities,x2946-26650 a1. Introduction -- 2. The Myth of the Blood Organ -- 3. The Nature of the Aesthetic Panorama -- 4. Performative Satanism and Pornographic Gestures -- 5. Radical Androgyny and Shamanic Rites -- 6. Conclusion.  a"An ambitious and illuminating work on one of the key movements of the neo-avant-garde. Sólveig Guðmundsdóttir sheds light on the important but hitherto neglected role of esoteric currents in Viennese actionism, tracing the links between esoteric notions and practices, political radicalism, aesthetic experimentalism and the countercultural milieu of the post-war period." – Benedikt Hjartarson, Professor of Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, University of Iceland “Guðmundsdóttir’s research makes a valuable contribution to the academic field of art and esotericism. It illuminates the profound and complex ways in which late 20th century art, less studied in this context, has engaged with esotericism.” — Nina Kokkinen, Research Doctor at the Donner Institute for Research into Religion and Culture, Finland In this book, Sólveig Guðmundsdóttir uncovers the crucial role of esotericism in the art of the Vienna Actionists—a group of Austrian neo-avant-garde artists, infamous for their transgressive performance art. Addressing this frequently overlooked aspect of Actionism, Guðmundsdóttir traces, historicizes, and examines the esoteric discourses in selected works: the collective manifesto Die Blutorgel (1962), Rudolf Schwarzkogler’s text Das Ästhetische Panorama (1967/68) and the performances Abreaktionsspiel (1970) by Hermann Nitsch, and Zerreißprobe (1970) by Günter Brus. Mapping out the various discursive entanglements as they appear in the works, i.e. between esotericism and psychoanalysis, fascism, gender, sexuality, aesthetics, science, orientalism and religious discourses, the author illustrates and establishes the importance of esoteric traditions for the Actionists’ art and subversive practices. The historical analysis of the artworks reflects on the cultural nexus of post-war Austria, as well as the relations between radical politics, countercultures and esotericism, and how they appear in Actionism. Guðmundsdóttir argues that to survey the historical placement of esotericism is vital for understanding not only the context of their works, but also the contradictory image of the Actionists as both anti-authoritarian and reactionary artists. Sólveig Guðmundsdóttir is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Iceland. 0aAesthetics.964000 0aArtxPhilosophy.968956 0aArtxHistory.968955 0aSpirituality.981338 0aCulturexStudy and teaching.96608214aAesthetics.96400024aPhilosophy of Art.97898924aArt History.96895724aSpirituality.98133824aCultural Studies.9587452 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303174016908iPrinted edition:z978303174018308iPrinted edition:z9783031740190 0aPalgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities,x2946-266597674940uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-74017-6  aZDB-2-REP  aZDB-2-SXPR  c66171d66171