William Morris and the Aesthetic Constitution of Politics

William Morris's commitment to a "critical notion of beauty" led him to develop a unique and important socialist position, in which beauty, desire, pleasure, and ecological sustainability were key facets to his political vision.

List of contents

Introduction to the Second Edition (2024): William Morris's Utopian Matrix: Beauty,
Ecosocialism, and Political Action
Introduction to the First Edition (1999)
Chapter One: The Question of Cultural Politics
Chapter Two: The Great Exhibition and the Class Politics of Art
Chapter Three: Towards a Political Economy of Art: John Ruskin and the Representation of
Labor in Aesthetic Theory
Chapter Four: Constituting the Aesthetic Self: Medievalism, Pre-Raphaelitism, and Morris's
Early Aesthetic Education
Chapter Five: Aesthetic Theory and Political Subjectivities: Morris's Lectures on Art
Chapter Six: The Political Theory of William Morris: Revolutionary Socialism, Utopian
Practicalities, and the Beauty of Life
Conclusion: Morris and Western Marxism

About the author

Bradley J. Macdonald

Summary

William Morris's commitment to a "critical notion of beauty" led him to develop a unique and important socialist position, in which beauty, desire, pleasure, and ecological sustainability were key facets to his political vision.

Product details

• Authors: Bradley J. MacDonald, Macdonald Bradley J.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2024
• EAN: 9781666976045
• ISBN: 978-1-66697-604-5
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Society & culture: general, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Propaganda, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Society and culture: general, Central / national / federal government policies, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Central government policies