Aesthetics Equals Politics
New Discourses across Art, Architecture, and Philosophy
$70.86
- Paperback
328 pages
- Release Date
4 April 2023
Summary
These essays make the case for a reignited understanding of aesthetics—one that casts aesthetics not as illusory, subjective, or superficial, but as a more encompassing framework for human activity. Such an aesthetics, the contributors suggest, could become the primary discourse for political and social engagement. Departing from the “critical” stance of twentieth-century artists and theorists who embraced a counter-aesthetic framework for political engagement, this book documents how a broad…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262547710 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262547716 |
| Author: | Mark Foster Gage |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 328 |
| Release Date: | 4 April 2023 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Mark Foster Gage
Mark Foster Gage is Associate Professor and Assistant Dean at the Yale School of Architecture. A practicing architect, he is the subject of the monograph Mark Foster Gage- Projects and Provocations, editor of Aesthetic Theory- Essential Texts for Architecture and Design and The Space of Social Equity and the author of Designing Social Equality- Architecture, Aesthetics and the Perception of Democracy, and other books. His design work has been exhibited in such venues as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Venice Biennale.
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