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OverviewIf democracy were an artwork, what would it look like? - Starting from this question and examining the work of three crucial figures from 20th-century American painting, photography, and poetry, this monograph proposes a specific way of conceptualizing the link between democracy and aesthetics. The book argues that a democratic aesthetics can be properly understood by interpreting a number of formal features of artworks as metaphors for particular key elements of democracy as it is framed in important strands of democratic theory. For example, a certain kind of loose collage composition can be seen to stand in a metaphorical relationship with the structure of a pluralist democratic polity. Systematically developed, this account helps better to understand the democratic quality of individual artworks, and also makes plausible how aesthetics can contribute to the discourse of democratic theory. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alexander LeichtPublisher: Universitatsverlag Winter Imprint: Universitatsverlag Winter Volume: 214 Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.10cm Weight: 0.386kg ISBN: 9783825359485ISBN 10: 3825359484 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 23 August 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |