{"product_id":"9781501328954","title":"The Off-Modern","description":"Svetlana Boym writes a new genealogy of modernity, moving beyond older debates between modernism and postmodernism to focus on the intersection of art, architecture, technology, and philosophy in the early twenty-first century. Drawing on theories of Georg Simmel, Henri Bergson, Aby Warburg, and Jacques Derrida, Boym presents the off-modern as an eccentric, self-questioning, anti-authoritarian perspective with roots in the Russian avant-garde, now developed in surprising ways by contemporary artists, architects, and curators around the world. She illustrates the off-modern in discussions of (and with) figures as diverse as architect Rem Koolhaas, Albanian artist-turned-mayor Edi Rama, an art collective in Delhi, and the creator of the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles. Both a manifesto and a memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Off-Modern\u003c\/i\u003e often returns to themes of travel and immigration, exploring issues of diasporic intimacy and productive estrangement amid nostalgic landscapes of urban ruins.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143500972272,"sku":"9781501328954","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781501328954_p0.jpg?v=1763707107","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781501328954","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}