Political Sublime

Informationen zum Autor Michael J. Shapiro is Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and the author of numerous books, most recently Politics and Time. Klappentext Michael J. Shapiro is Professor of Political Science at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa and the author of numerous books, most recently¿Politics and Time. Zusammenfassung Michael J. Shapiro formulates a new politics of aesthetics by analyzing the experience of the sublime as rendered by a number of artistic and cultural texts that deal with race! terrorism! nuclear proliferation! and industrialism! showing how the sublime's disruptive effects provides the opportunity for a new oppositional politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments  ix Introduction. The Insistence of the Sublime1 1. When the Earth Moves: Toward a Political Sublime  13 2. The Racial Sublime  41 3. The Nuclear Sublime  68 4. The Industrial Sublime  101 5. The 9/11 Terror Sublime  133 Afterword. It's All About Duration  169 Notes  173 Bibliography  193 Index  209

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michael J Shapiro, Michael J. Shapiro
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9780822370338
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-7033-8
• Pagine: 224
• Serie: Thought in the Act; Thought in the Act
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie