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Political Monsters and Democratic Imagination explores the
democratic thought of Spinoza and its relation to the thought of
William Blake, Victor Hugo, and James Joyce. As a group, these
visionaries articulate: a concept of power founded not on strength
or might but on social cooperation; a principle of equality based
not on the identity of individuals with one another but on the
difference between any individual and the intellectual power of
society as a whole; an understanding of thought as a process that
operates between rather than within individuals; and a theory of
infinite truth, something individuals only partially glimpse from
their particular cultural situations. For Blake, God is the
constellation of individual human beings, whose collective
imagination produces revolutionary change. In Hugo's novel, Jean
Valjean learns that the greatest truth about humanity lies in the
sewer or among the lowest forms of social existence. For Joyce,
Leopold and Molly Bloom are everybody and nobody, singular beings
whose creative power and truth is beyond categories and social
hierarchies.
This 1997 book explores the political significance of aesthetic
analysis in the context of cultural studies. It applies the
theories of Adorno, Derrida, and Lacan to film studies, and asks
how political responsibility can be reconciled with the concept of
the university as a democratic institution. Art and the university,
Patrick McGee claims, share a common feature: they are commonly
regarded as autonomous realms that resist the determination of
economic and political interests, while still playing a crucial
role in ethical and political discourse. Through detailed reference
to Neil Jordan's film The Crying Game, McGee shows how film can be
both a product and a critique of the culture industry. He goes on
to analyse the function of the university in producing
interpretations of such highly political art forms and in
determining the limits of critical discussion. McGee links Adorno
with Derrida to provide a new route through cultural studies and
the claims of political criticism.
This 1997 book explores the political significance of aesthetic
analysis in the context of cultural studies. It applies the
theories of Adorno, Derrida, and Lacan to film studies, and asks
how political responsibility can be reconciled with the concept of
the university as a democratic institution. Art and the university,
Patrick McGee claims, share a common feature: they are commonly
regarded as autonomous realms that resist the determination of
economic and political interests, while still playing a crucial
role in ethical and political discourse. Through detailed reference
to Neil Jordan's film The Crying Game, McGee shows how film can be
both a product and a critique of the culture industry. He goes on
to analyse the function of the university in producing
interpretations of such highly political art forms and in
determining the limits of critical discussion. McGee links Adorno
with Derrida to provide a new route through cultural studies and
the claims of political criticism.
Political Monsters and Democratic Imagination explores the
democratic thought of Spinoza and its relation to the thought of
William Blake, Victor Hugo, and James Joyce. As a group, these
visionaries articulate: a concept of power founded not on strength
or might but on social cooperation; a principle of equality based
not on the identity of individuals with one another but on the
difference between any individual and the intellectual power of
society as a whole; an understanding of thought as a process that
operates between rather than within individuals; and a theory of
infinite truth, something individuals only partially glimpse from
their particular cultural situations. For Blake, God is the
constellation of individual human beings, whose collective
imagination produces revolutionary change. In Hugo's novel, Jean
Valjean learns that the greatest truth about humanity lies in the
sewer or among the lowest forms of social existence. For Joyce,
Leopold and Molly Bloom are everybody and nobody, singular beings
whose creative power and truth is beyond categories and social
hierarchies.
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