Dr. Mark Antliff on anarchism and pacifism

About this episode

Dr. Mark Antliff discusses the intersections of anarchism and pacifism in the context of art and culture.

Dr. Mark Antliff is Mary Grace Wilson Distinguished Professor, Emeritus in the Department of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies Department at Duke University. His publications include Inventing Bergson: Cultural Politics and the Parisian Avant-Garde (1993); Cubism and Culture (co-authored with Patricia Leighten) (2001); Avant-Garde Fascism: The Mobilization of Myth, Art and Culture in France (2007); and Sculptors Against the State: Anarchism and the Anglo-European Avant-Garde (2021) His article Why War? Debating Pacifism during the Spanish Civil War is free to read in the November 2025 issue of A narchist Developments in Cultural Studies.

People in this episode

Guest: Dr. Mark Antliff

Topics covered

• anarchism
• pacifism
• art history
• cultural politics
• Spanish Civil War

Keywords

• anarchism
• pacifism
• art history
• Spanish Civil War
• cultural politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Duke University

Books & works: Inventing Bergson: Cultural Politics and the Parisian Avant-Garde, Cubism and Culture, Avant-Garde Fascism: The Mobilization of Myth, Art and Culture in France, Sculptors Against the State: Anarchism and the Anglo-European Avant-Garde, Why War? Debating Pacifism during the Spanish Civil War

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