The Political Sublime |
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| Author:
| Shapiro, Michael J. |
| Series title: | Thought in the Act Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8223-7033-8 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2018 |
| Publisher: | Duke University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $102.95 |
Book Description:
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Michael J. Shapiro formulates a new politics of aesthetics by analyzing the experience of the sublime as rendered by a number of artistic and cultural texts that deal with race, terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and industrialism, showing how the sublime's disruptive effects provides the opportunity for a new oppositional politics.
Michael J. Shapiro formulates a new politics of aesthetics by analyzing the experience of the sublime as rendered by a number of artistic and cultural texts that deal with race, terrorism, nuclear proliferation, and industrialism, showing how the sublime's disruptive effects provides the opportunity for a new oppositional politics.