The Adventure of Modernism - A Selection of 'Fundamental Texts' 1840-1990

Within the 150 years between Rimbaud's slogan "one must be absolutely modern" and Meschonnic's observation "modernism is a disease that needs to be cured," global culture, from West to East, North to South, lived under the dominance of the modernist perspective.

In "The Adventure of Modernism," which Enis Batur designed as a fundamental reference selection and an educational tool, he compiled key texts that shed light on the different theoretical fronts of the subject. This is not merely a collection limited to art and literature: it is a sourcebook that, across a wide spectrum from philosophy to architecture, showcases the values, excesses, and utopias of an era.