Aesthetics and Political Culture in Modern Society

ISBN-13: 9780367592073 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 148 str.

Henrik Kaare Nielsen

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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).