Dan Fox

Pretentiousness

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“A nimble case for pretentiousness as a willingness to take risks.” —The New York Times Book Review
Pretentiousness is for anyone who has braved being different, whether that’s making a stand against artistic consensus or running the gauntlet of the last bus home dressed differently from everyone else. Pretentiousness is an essential ingredient in pop music and high art. Why do we choose accusations of elitism over open-mindedness? What do our anxieties about “pretending” say about us?
“Fox also cites the work of George Orwell and Susan Sontag repeatedly, and in this book he has written an intellectually rigorous study of culture that echoes the scope of their work. His argument is convincing, and it may leave readers with a newfound respect for the term that gives his book its title.” —Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“This thoughtful essay will be balm to those who dare to be elitist.” —Toronto Star
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158 printed pages
Original publication
2016
Publication year
2016
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  • Palina Piakarskayashared an impression7 years ago
    🙈Lost On Me

    Reads like a highschool essay, thoughts all over the place and very little substance

  • nitrushinashared an impression8 years ago
    🎯Worthwhile

Quotes

  • b8349545469has quoted5 years ago
    Your pretense was your protection, and could also make you into a target.
  • Anastasiya Glushkovahas quoted7 years ago
    A concept rock album about a fictional Edwardian military band, featuring musical styles borrowed from Indian classical music, vaudeville and musique concrete, its sleeve design including images of Karl Marx, Oscar Wilde, Marilyn Monroe, Carl Gustav Jung, Sir Robert Peel, Marlene Dietrich and Aleister Crowley?
  • Anastasiya Glushkovahas quoted7 years ago
    Fitting in would be the new standing out

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