Purchase and listen to a pathbreaking exploration of art's relationship with power and ideology set out in Art and Ideology – the third volume of writings by emigre Marxist art critic Hans Hess.Hess's penetrating analysis reveals how 'what now replaces the function of art is advertising ' in our contemporary world, where 'the goods have become the gods'.It traces the transformation from art's earliest social purposes – like the cave paintings of A...

Narrated and produced by Rochelle Anne Swanson.With additional image descriptions read by Natasha Raskin Sharp, highly-prized presenter of Bargain Hunt, Antiques Road Trip and Flog It!, and a much-loved and respected presenter of late-night music shows for BBC Radio Scotland.Editorial notes read by Adele Allen.To keep up to date with Manifesto Press, visit our socials @manifestopress.coopFollowing our publication of Volume One – Art in the Nineteenth Century...

Narrated and produced by Rochelle Anne Swanson.With additional image descriptions read by Natasha Raskin Sharp, highly-prized presenter of Bargain Hunt, Antiques Road Trip and Flog It!, and a much-loved and respected presenter of late-night music shows for BBC Radio Scotland.Editor’s notes and citations read by Adele Allen.Find us @manifestopresscoopHess wrote in the 1960s and used ‘man’ throughout this volume to mean ‘people’, you and me. But today’s use of...

Partly due to the European Union's insistent and successful policies on pluriculturalism and plurilinguism, there have recently been voices challenging the prevalent and practical consensus in East Asian educational policies that saw English as the only tool for international communication. Their argument emphasizes that when dealing with countries that are sellers of goods and services, knowledge of the languages and cultures of prospective customers is essential. They also acknowledge th...