The social horizon of Egyptian aesthetics -- Art institutions, agrarian conflict and fascism from 1908-40 -- Art in Egyptian civil society, 1938-51 -- The festival and the state : the contemporary art group and a philosophy of traditional arts -- The landlord-peasant battles as a subject for the arts : from Buhut to Kamshish -- Conflicts in the arts over upper Egypt : Abd al-Hadi al-Gazzar and his contemporaries -- Conclusion : political currents in the philosophy and experience of Egyptian aesthetics.
Summary:
Focuses on the changes of the 1920s to 1960s, when polemical discourse and artistic practice against the entrenched and co-opted conservitism of elite and state culture developed. The radical forms of cultural criticism and dissonance that emerged continue to resonate through contemporary activism and dissent.
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