1. French Anarchism and Italian Futurism: 1890-1920
... in this regard was often inhibited by their individualistic inclinations away from collectivity, the ideologically-united futurists were arguably much more successful at undermining preconceived definitions of 'life' and 'art'. Part of the anarchists limited success was due to a fundamental tension, as Whitaker asserts "a contradiction between the needs and rights of the individual and the needs and rights ... his contemporaries who did not appreciate Mirbeau's [anarchistic] position"14. Whilst the French anarchist movement often struggled to fully articulate the revolutionary potential ...
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