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    Hold Everything Dear: Dispatches on Survival and Resistance

    By John Berger

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    From the War on Terror to resistance in Ramallah and traumatic dislocation in the Middle East, Berger explores the uses of art as an instrument of political resistance. Visceral and passionate, Hold Everything Dear is a profound meditation on the far extremes of human behaviour, and the underlying despair. Looking at Afghanistan, Palestine, and Iraq, he makes an impassioned attack on the poverty and loss of freedom at the heart of such unnecessary suffering. These essays offer reflections on the political at the core of artistic expression and even at the center of human existence itself.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVerso
    Release dateApr 1, 2016
    ISBN9781784783730
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    Hold Everything Dear: Dispatches on Survival and Resistance
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    John Berger

    John Berger (Londres, 1926) se formó en la Central School of Arts de Londres. Después de dedicarse a dar clases de dibujo, comenzó a escribir crítica de arte y pronto cambió su registro por la novela, el ensayo, la poesía, el teatro y el guión cinematográfico y televisivo. Desde hace más de treinta años vive y trabaja en un pueblo de la Alta Saboya. Ha colaborado en diferentes proyectos con Jean Mohr, Alain Tunner, Nella Bielski, John Christie o su propia hija Katya. John Berger no considera la escritura como una profesión, sino como un modo de aproximación a lo experimentado. Entre sus estudios sobre arte traducidos al castellano se encuentran Mirar, Modos de ver y Otra manera de contar (con Jean Mohr), todos ellos publicados por Editorial Gustavo Gili.

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