The Aesthetic Exception: Essays on Art, Theatre, and Politics

by Tony Fisher

The aesthetic exception theorises anew the relation between art and politics. It challenges critical trends that discount the role of aesthetic autonomy, to impulsively reassert art as an effective form of social engagement. But it equally challenges those on the flipside of the efficacy debate, who insist that art's politics is limited to a recondite space of 'autonomous resistance'. The book shows how each side of the efficacy debate overlooks art's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526170167
• ISBN13: 9781526170163
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"