The explosion of minimalism into the worlds of visual arts, music
and literature in the mid-to-late twentieth century presents one of
the most radical and decisive revolutions in aesthetic history.
Detested by some, embraced by others, minimalism's influence was
immediate, pervasive and lasting, significantly changing the way we
hear music, see art and read literature. In The Theory of
Minimalism, Marc Botha offers the first general theory of
minimalism, equally applicable to literature, the visual arts and
music. He argues that minimalism establishes an aesthetic paradigm
for rethinking realism in genuinely radical terms. In dialogue with
thinkers from both the analytic and continental traditions -
including Kant, Danto, Agamben, Badiou and Meillassoux - Botha
develops a constellation of concepts which together encapsulate the
transhistorcial and transdisciplinary reach of minimalism.
Illustrated by a range of historical, canonical and contemporary
minimalist works of different media, from the caves of early
Christian ascetics to Samuel Beckett's late prose, Botha offers a
bold and provocative argument which will equip readers with the
tools to engage critically with past, present and future
minimalism, and to recognize how, in a culture caught between the
poles of excess and austerity, minimalism still matters.
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