Talks about a single, serpentine fact: late in 1976 a record called Anarchy in the UK was issued in London, and this event launched a transformation of pop music all over the world. In this book on punk, Dadaism, the situationists, medieval heretics, and the Knights of the Round Table, unravel the secret history of the twentieth century.

Genius, anti-artist, charlatan, guru or imposter? Marcel Duchamp has been called all these. Arousing passion and controversy, he has exerted a great influence on art. This monograph, written with the support of Duchamp's widow, offers to challenge received ideas and misunderstanding.

Painter, sculptor, writer, and filmmaker, Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the century's greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics. This monograph presents the infamous Surrealist in full color and in his own words. It features his provocative imagery, from the soft watches to the notorious burning giraffe.

In this first-hand account, the author, closely associated with the radical and transforming movement from its earliest days, records and traces Dada's history from its inception around 1916, in wartime Zurich, to its collapse in the Paris of the 1920s.

Do we really make our own decisions? Or are we compelled to act by factors beyond our control? This introduction is an investigation of one of the most important problems of Western philosophy. It looks at a range of issues surrounding this fundamental philosophical question, exploring it from the ideas of the Greek and medieval philosophers.

Looks at the paradoxes of fascism from its origins in the political and social crisis of the late-nineteenth century, through the history of fascist movements in Italy and Germany, and the 'failed' movements in Romania, Hungary, and Spain. This book examines its use of propaganda and popular culture to propagate itself, and its revival.