Radical History and the Politics of Art / Gabriel Rockhill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rockhill, Gabriel, author.

Series:

New directions in critical theory.

New Directions in Critical Theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics--Political aspects.

Aesthetics.

History--Philosophy.

History.

Critical theory.

Radicalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Other Title:

Radical history and the politics of art

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gabriel Rockhill opens new space for rethinking the relationship between art and politics. Rather than understanding the two spheres as separated by an insurmountable divide or linked by a privileged bridge, Rockhill demonstrates that art and politics are not fixed entities with a singular relation but rather dynamically negotiated, sociohistorical practices with shifting and imprecise borders. Radical History and the Politics of Art proposes a significant departure from extant debates on what is commonly called "art" and "politics," and the result is an impressive foray into the force field of history, in which cultural practices are meticulously analyzed in their social and temporal dynamism without assuming a conceptual unity behind them. Rockhill thereby develops an alternative logic of history and historical change, as well as a novel account of social practices and a multidimensional theory of agency. Engaging with a diverse array of intellectual, artistic, and political constellations, this tour de force diligently maps the various interactions between different dimensions of aesthetic and political practices as they intertwine and sometimes merge in precise fields of struggle.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION: Art and Politics in the Time of Radical History

Part I. Historical Encounters between Art and Politics

1. For a Radical Historicist Analytic of Aesthetic and Political Practices

2. Realism, Formalism, Commitment

Part II. Visions of the Avant-Garde

3. The Theoretical Destiny of the Avant-Garde

4. Toward a Reconsideration of Avant-Garde Practices

Part III. The Politics of Aesthetics

5. The Silent Revolution

6. Productive Contradictions

Part IV. The Social Politicity of Aesthetic Practices

7. The Politicity of 'Apolitical' Art

8. Rethinking The Politics Of Aesthetic Practices

Conclusion

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Pilot project,eBook available to selected US libraries only

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780231527781

0231527780

OCLC:

1024054409