Politics, art, and utopia in French anarchism and Italian futurism 1890-1920 In Paroles d'un revolte, Peter Kropotkin outlined a new vision for the arts as part of his anarchist philosophy, asserting that "the arts have a mission to accomplish for the achievement of the future society... ... Curtin here hints at the key role of theatre in bringing together the street and the stage, providing a unique vantage point which allows the viewer to look upon the positions of politics, art and utopia not as compartmentalised but rather as fluidly inter-active within French and Italian cultural...

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