{"product_id":"autonomy-the-social-ontology-of-art-under-capitalism-paperback-softback-9781478001591","title":"Autonomy; The Social Ontology of Art Under Capitalism (Paperback \/ softback) 9781478001591","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAutonomy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Social Ontology of Art Under Capitalism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNicholas Brown (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781478001591\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 April 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages, 30 illustrations, incl. 21 in color\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.386 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eAutonomy\u003c\/i\u003e, Brown revitalizes a modernist commitment to form and offers a compelling vision of the work of art in the age of its commodification.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Adam Theron-Lee Rensch (Los Angeles Review of Books) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Brown's argument feels, in the end, surprisingly liberating.… No doubt, there are questions prompted by the book that we still might want to have answered.… But these queries are obviously presented less as a critique of \u003ci\u003eAutonomy\u003c\/i\u003e than a plea to scholars to take up related questions in future volumes. \u003ci\u003eAutonomy\u003c\/i\u003e inspires such questions because this is a book that unabashedly and provocatively makes demands of us, in the way the very best scholarship, like the very best manifestos and all art, does too.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Lisa Siraganian (Modernism\/modernity) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A thorough and valuable commentary on the contemporary position of art within capitalism. \u003ci\u003eAutonomy\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for researchers and students with an interest in contemporary art in relation to the market, and for those interested in Marxist approaches to contemporary aesthetic form.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Oliver Haslam (New Formations)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAutonomy\u003c\/i\u003e Nicholas Brown theorizes the historical and theoretical argument for art's autonomy from its acknowledged character as a commodity. Refusing the position that the distinction between art and the commodity has collapsed, Brown demonstrates how art can, in confronting its material determinations, suspend the logic of capital by demanding interpretive attention. He applies his readings of Marx, Hegel, Adorno, and Jameson to a range of literature, photography, music, television, and sculpture, from Cindy Sherman's photography and the novels of Ben Lerner and Jennifer Egan to \u003ci\u003eThe Wire\u003c\/i\u003e and the music of the White Stripes. He demonstrates that through their attention and commitment to form, such artists turn aside the determination posed by the demand of the market, thereby defeating the foreclosure of meaning entailed in commodification. In so doing, he offers a new theory of art that prompts a rethinking of the relationship between art, critical theory, and capitalism.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments  ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. On Art and the Commodity Form  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Photography as Film and Film as Photography  41\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Novel and the Ruse of the Work  79\u003cbr\u003e 3. Citation and Affect in Music  115\u003cbr\u003e 4. Modernism on TV  152\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue. Taking Sides  178\u003cbr\u003e Notes  183\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography  207\u003cbr\u003e Index  215\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670800101656,"sku":"9781478001591","price":23.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/autonomy-the-social-ontology-of-art-under-capitalism-paperback-softback-9781478001591","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}