Aesthetic Democracy (Paperback, Annotated Ed)

Aesthetic Democracy argues that art and the aesthetic in general are the founding condition of the possibility of establishing social and political democracy. The book examines contemporary criticism and finds that it is historically shaped by colonialism, and that it sets up an opposition of east and west that shapes all contemporary cultural politics. The author argues for a way of outwitting this potentially dangerous struggle of east and west grounded in an aestheticism and a validation of sensory experience. Docherty proposes a new model of cultural critique, based on a revitalized and positively valorized notion of "hypocrisy," whose roots lie in Machiavelli, but whose contemporary strength lies in its potential for an ethical encounter with alterity as such.

General

Imprint:	Stanford University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2006
First published:	2006
Authors:	Thomas Docherty
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	192
Edition:	Annotated Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8047-5189-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary theory Promotions
LSN:	0-8047-5189-7
Barcode:	9780804751896

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