Aesthetics and Political Culture in Modern Society

Henrik Kaare Nielsen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

148 Seiten

2018
Routledge (Verlag)
9780815356424 (ISBN)

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Do aesthetic appeals to senses and emotions in political debate necessarily marginalise political reason and reduce citizens to consumers – thus dangerously undermining democracy? Or is sensuous-emotional engagement, on the contrary, a basic fact of the political process and a crucial precondition for revitalising democracy?

Aesthetics and Political Culture in Modern Society investigates the current interrelationship between aesthetic practice and political practice in Western democracies, focusing on its impact on democratic political culture. Henrik Kaare Nielsen argues that aesthetic interventions in the political process do not by definition undermine politics’ content of reason. Instead, a differentiation must be made between a multiplicity of aesthetic forms of intervention – some of which tend to weaken the political judgement of citizens while other forms tend to stimulate competent judgement.

This book will be of interest to scholars in the fields of political science, sociology, media studies, and cultural studies.

Henrik Kaare Nielsen is Professor of Aesthetics and Culture at Aarhus University, Denmark. He is an interdisciplinary researcher working in the field between the humanities and the social sciences. Author of 11 research monographs in Danish and numerous articles and chapters in academic journals and edited volumes, he is the editor of a number of academic books, including The Democratic Public Sphere: Challenges and Prospects (Aarhus University Press, 2016).

1. Introduction 2. Politics and democracy 3. Public space and late modern forms of public practice 4. Political and aesthetic discursive practice 5. Power-oriented aesthetic interventions in politics 6. Artistic interventions in the field of political practice 7. Current developmental perspectives of public discourse

Erscheinungsdatum	01.05.2018
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Innovations in Political Theory
Zusatzinfo	16 Halftones, black and white; 16 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	362 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-13	9780815356424 / 9780815356424
Zustand	Neuware