An edition of Artpolitik: Social Anarchist Aesthetics in an Age of Fragmentation
(2013)
Artpolitik: Social Anarchist Aesthetics in an Age of Fragmentation
by Neala Schleuning
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Artpolitik: Social Anarchist Aesthetics in an Age of Fragmentation
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Table of Contents
ARTPOLITIK
Social Anarchist Aesthetics in an Age of Fragmentation
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Introduction: The Nature of Art
Introduction
Reasons for Writing This Book
From A Written to a Visual Culture
Classical Aesthetics: The Case for Meaning
Art, Politics, and Aesthetics in the Modern Era
Chapter 2. Modernism: Art as Rebellion
Introduction
Aesthetic Elements of Modernism
Criticism of Modernism
• Aesthetic value and the idea of quality
• Technology and the mechanization of art
• Art as meaning and purpose
• The critique from the left: the alienation of art from community
Modernism, Anarchism, and Aesthetics in the United States
• Early twentieth century anarchist aesthetics
• Modernism and individualism
• David Weir: Modernism as anarchism
The Legacy of Modernism
Chapter 3. Dada, Surrealism, and the Dream of Revolution
Introduction
The Political Aesthetic of Surrealism
• The politics of the mind
• Surrealism and political activism
• Surrealist art as a new politics
• Surrealism and the aesthetics of consumer capitalism
• American Surrealism
Criticism of Dada and Surrealism
The Legacy of Dada and Surrealism
Chapter 4. Socialist Realism: Real Lives, Real People, Real Politics
Introduction
Repression of Socialist Realism in the United States
Aesthetics of Socialist Realism
• Stylistic elements of Socialist Realism
• The role of the artist
Criticism of Socialist Realism
• The mutual exclusivity of politics and art
• Socialist Realism as a threat to artistic freedom
• Socialist Realism and capitalist advertising aesthetics
The Legacy of Socialist Realism
Chapter 5. The Situationist International: Art as Direct Action
Introduction
Aesthetic Elements of the Situationist International Perspective
• The spectacle
• Détournement
• Dérive
• The situation
Criticism of the Situationist International
• A collective or individual analysis?
• Recuperation by capitalism
• Lack of commitment to a revolutionary agenda
• The SI: art and the artist
• The problem of individualism
• Consumerism and unbridled consumption
• Sustainability of action
The Legacy of the Situationist International
Chapter 6. The Postmodern Digression: Warmed Over Modernist Aesthetics
Introduction: The Nature of Postmodernism
Aesthetics in the Postmodern Era
Postmodern Criticism of Capitalist Aesthetics
• The loss of meaning and purpose
• The individual artist and artistic freedom
• The consumer culture: the postmodern dilemma
• The culture industry and capitalist aesthetics: Adorno on postmodernism
The Legacy of Postmodernism
Chapter 7. Postmodern Anarchism, Politics, and Aesthetics
Introduction
Postmodern Anarchism: A Framework for Change?
• Postmodern anarchist politics
• Criticism of postmodern anarchism
Late Twentieth Century Anarchist Aesthetics
• The theory
• The practice
The Challenges of Postmodern Anarchist Aesthetics
Chapter 8. Toward a Social Anarchist Aesthetic in an Age of Fragmentation
Introduction
Elements of a Social Anarchist Aesthetic
• Meaning
• The social nature of political art: context and community
• Coherence
• The centrality of narrative
The Social Anarchist Artist and the Avant-garde
Confronting Power: The Role of Social Anarchist Aesthetic
• Challenging capitalism
• Challenging advertising art
Nourishing the Imaginative: A Bridge to the Possible
Art as Action: A “Dynamic Realism”
Conclusion: Art and Freedom
End Notes
Bibliography
Edition Notes
The Physical Object
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