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Aesthetics and Politics

Davide Panagia

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Abstract Aesthetics and politics are not exclusively the study of art and politics nor the political aspects of art. Rather than a concept or a theme, the conjunctive “and” in the term “aesthetics and politics” indicates a relation: it is the relation between two (or more) overlapping regimes of value creation. For these reasons, it is not possible to speak of a single tradition for the analysis of aesthetics and politics, nor is it possible to isolate one method of study. Rather, one is better served by exploring how the relation between aesthetics and politics is engaged and elaborated by thinkers who attend to the experiential and perceptual dimensions of political life.

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Key concepts: Politics, Aesthetics, Relation (database), Theme (computing), Value (mathematics), Perception, Experiential learning, Everyday Aesthetics