The Aesthetics of Self-Becoming: How Art Forms Empower

by Paul Crowther

This book shows that art involves an aesthetics of self-becoming, wherein we do not simply consume artistic meaning, but become empowered-by adapting ourselves to what creation in the different art forms makes possible. Paul Crowther argues that the great political task in aesthetics is no longer the creation of political art as such, but rather the winning back of art and aesthetics as central societal concerns. This involves the overcoming of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036718933X
• ISBN13: 9780367189334
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"