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OverviewIn The Political Sublime Michael J. Shapiro formulates an original politics of aesthetics through an analysis of the experience of the sublime. Turning away from Kant's analysis of the sublime experience as a validation of the existence of a universal common sense, Shapiro draws on Deleuze, Lyotard, and Ranciere to show how incomprehensible events and dilemmas provide openings for new political formations. He approaches the sublime through a range of artistic and cultural texts that address social crises and natural disasters, from the writing of James Baldwin and Ta-Nehisi Coates to the films of Ingmar Bergman and Spike Lee; these works suggest ways to channel the disruptive effects of the sublime into resistance to authority and innovative political initiative. Whether stemming from the threat of nuclear annihilation or the aftermath of an earthquake, the violence of racism and terrorism or the devastation of industrialism, sublime experience, Shapiro contends, allows for a rethinking of events in ways that reveal, redistribute, and create conditions of possibility for alternative communities of sense. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael J. ShapiroPublisher: Duke University Press Imprint: Duke University Press Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780822370529ISBN 10: 0822370522 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 15 March 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 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 209ReviewsThe book is lean and not overly theoretically dense. It will appeal to the critically inclined for its original appropriation of Kant and intelligent commentary on temporality and politics . . . What is most striking and enduring about the work is that Shapiro seems to have offered the first figuration of a novel way to theorize individual and collective trauma as political without relying on a primary psychoanalytic dimension or its correlate literatures. -- Mat Keel * AAG Review of Books * After reading Michael J. Shapiro's book, I was hardpressed to imagine a more timely work in political theory. . . . The Political Sublime is not only timely but also the equal of the best examples of recent scholarship in the growing field of politics and aesthetics. -- Morton Schoolman * Perspectives on Politics * With a capacious and generative writing style carried out through his usual exciting mode of political theorizing, Michael J. Shapiro takes up a challenging and daring position: the physical actuality--or, the thingness--of the sublime. This articulation of the fact of the political sublime is a notable achievement which makes for an impressive book. --Davide Panagia, author of Ranciere's Sentiments The notion of a rupture, a possibility at the heart of the aesthetic occurrence, has become central to aesthetic modernism. At the same time, the subsequent recuperation to recourse to a higher faculty has been held in suspicion. Michael J. Shapiro suggests something new: that the recuperation that follows rupture should be not rejected outright but relativized. In this impressive and important book, Shapiro bridges aesthetic concerns with political ones, showing how sublime experience can offer rallying points for the possibilities of social action. This is where we can move from the aesthetic to the political--from faltering experiences to a form of active response. --Steven Shaviro, author of The Universe of Things: On Speculative Realism The notion of a rupture, a possibility at the heart of the aesthetic occurrence, has become central to aesthetic modernism. At the same time, the subsequent recuperation to recourse to a higher faculty has been held in suspicion. Michael J. Shapiro suggests something new: that the recuperation that follows rupture should be not rejected outright but relativized. In this impressive and important book, Shapiro bridges aesthetic concerns with political ones, showing how sublime experience can offer rallying points for the possibilities of social action. This is where we can move from the aesthetic to the political-from faltering experiences to a form of active response. -- Steven Shaviro, author of * The Universe of Things: On Speculative Realism * With a capacious and generative writing style carried out through his usual exciting mode of political theorizing, Michael J. Shapiro takes up a challenging and daring position: the physical actuality-or, the thingness-of the sublime. This articulation of the fact of the political sublime is a notable achievement which makes for an impressive book. -- Davide Panagia, author of * Ranciere's Sentiments * The book is lean and not overly theoretically dense. It will appeal to the critically inclined for its original appropriation of Kant and intelligent commentary on temporality and politics . . . What is most striking and enduring about the work is that Shapiro seems to have offered the first figuration of a novel way to theorize individual and collective trauma as political without relying on a primary psychoanalytic dimension or its correlate literatures. -- Mat Keel * AAG Review of Books * The notion of a rupture, a possibility at the heart of the aesthetic occurrence, has become central to aesthetic modernism. At the same time, the subsequent recuperation to recourse to a higher faculty has been held in suspicion. Michael J. Shapiro suggests something new: that the recuperation that follows rupture should not be rejected outright, but rather relativized. In this impressive and important book, Shapiro bridges aesthetic concerns with political ones, showing how sublime experience can offer rallying points for the possibilities of social action. This is where we can move from the aesthetic to the political-from faltering experiences to a form of active response. -- Steven Shaviro, author of * The Universe of Things: On Speculative Realism * With a capacious and generative writing style carried out through his usual exciting mode of political theorizing, Michael J. Shapiro takes up a challenging and daring position: the physical actuality-or, the thingness-of the sublime. This articulation of the fact of the political sublime is a notable achievement which makes for an impressive book. -- Davide Panagia, author of * Ranciere's Sentiments * Author InformationMichael 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |