{"product_id":"the-aesthetic-imperative-writings-on-art-hardback-9780745699868","title":"The Aesthetic Imperative; Writings on Art (Hardback) 9780745699868","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Aesthetic Imperative\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWritings on Art\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter Sloterdijk (Author), Karen Margolis (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745699868, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 April 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.9 x 2.8 cm, 0.658 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\"\u003ci\u003eThe Aesthetic Imperative\u003c\/i\u003e crystalizes and intensifies the already formidable force of Sloterdijk's corpus. By working through the history of philosophy we discover that the bourgeois subject's capacity to discern the beautiful is at once an art of self-formation and a beautiful form of the self. This is not one more book on the relation between art and politics: it redefines the polity as a singular account of a beauty beyond art, and redefines the aesthetic by way of a subjectivity that is on its way to being political.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Claire Colebrook, Penn State University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this wide-ranging book, renowned philosopher and cultural theorist Peter Sloterdijk examines art in all its rich and varied forms: from music to architecture, light to movement, and design to typography. Moving between the visible and the invisible, the audible and the inaudible, his analyses span the centuries, from ancient civilizations to contemporary Hollywood. With great verve and insight he considers the key issues that have faced thinkers from Aristotle to Adorno, looking at art in its relation to ethics, metaphysics, society, politics, anthropology and the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSloterdijk explores a variety of topics, from the Greco-Roman invention of postcards to the rise of the capitalist art market, from the black boxes and white cubes of modernism to the growth of museums and memorial culture. In doing so, he extends his characteristic method of defamiliarization to transform the way we look at works of art and artistic movements. His bold and original approach leads us away from the well-trodden paths of conventional art history to develop a theory of aesthetics which rejects strict categorization, emphasizing instead the crucial importance of individual subjectivity as a counter to the latent dangers of collective culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis sustained reflection, at once playful, serious and provocative, goes to the very heart of Sloterdijk’s enduring philosophical preoccupation with the aesthetic. It will be essential reading for students and scholars of philosophy and aesthetics and will appeal to anyone interested in culture and the arts more generally. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI. WORLD OF SOUND\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa musique retrouvée 3\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRemembrance of Beautiful Politics 15\u003cbr\u003eWhere Are We When We Hear Music? 27 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII. IN THE LIGHT\u003cbr\u003eClearing and Illumination. Notes on the Metaphysics, Mysticism and Politics of Light 49\u003cbr\u003eIllumination in the Black Box: On the History of Opacity 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII. DESIGN\u003cbr\u003eThe Right Tool for Power: Observations on Design as the Modernization of Competence 83\u003cbr\u003eOn the Charisma of Symbols 97\u003cbr\u003eFor a Philosophy of Play 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV. CITY AND ARCHITECTURE\u003cbr\u003eThe City and its Negation: An Outline of Negative Political Theory 113\u003cbr\u003eArchitects Do Nothing But ‘Inside Theory’: Peter Sloterdijk in conversation with Sabine Kraft and Nikolaus Kuhnert 141\u003cbr\u003eFor a Participatory Architecture - Notes on the Art of Daniel Libeskind with reference to Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Paul Valéry 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV. CONDITIO HUMANA\u003cbr\u003eEssay on the Life of the Artist: Heretics *Wastrels* Falls\/Cases* Inhabitants 185\u003cbr\u003eConfessions of a Loser 192\u003cbr\u003eMinima Cosmetica - An Essay on Self-Aggrandizement 197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI. MUSEUM\u003cbr\u003eThe Museum: School of Disconcertment 221\u003cbr\u003eWorld Museum and World’s Fair 231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII. ART SYSTEM\u003cbr\u003e‘I tell you: one must still have chaos in oneself’ 249\u003cbr\u003eArt is folding into itself 253\u003cbr\u003eEmissaries of Violence - On the Metaphysics of Action Cinema 265\u003cbr\u003eGood-For-Nothing Returns Home or The End of an Alibi - and A Theory of the End of Art 280\u003cbr\u003eAfterword by Peter Weibel: Sloterdijk and the Question of Aesthetics 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication Sources 334\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52174418510104,"sku":"9780745699868","price":46.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745699868.jpg?v=1781174068","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-aesthetic-imperative-writings-on-art-hardback-9780745699868","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}