Anti-Fascist Aesthetics from Weimar to MoMA: Siegfried Kracauer & the Promise of
Abstraction for Critical Theory
by
Maxximilian Seijo
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Arts
with a concentration in Film Studies
Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies
College of Arts and Sciences
University of South Florida
Major Professor: Scott Ferguson, Ph.D
Andrew Berish, Ph.D
Brendan Cook, Ph.D
Date of Approval:
March 8, 2019
Keywords: Fascism, German Studies, MMT, Film, Modernism, Midcentury, Marxism
Copyright © 2019, Maxximilian Seijo