The Political Life of Sensation

by Davide Panagia

Book Overview

The taste of chocolate, the noise of a crowd, the visual impressions of filmic images--such sensory perceptions are rarely if ever discussed in relation to democratic theory. In response, Davide Panagia argues that by overlooking sensation political theorists ignore a crucial dimension of political life. Drawing on Gilles Deleuze's and Jacques Rancière's readings of Kantian aesthetics, Panagia posits sensation as a radical democratic moment of aesthetic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822344793
• ISBN13: 9780822344797
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.3"