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Aesthetic Democracy argues that art and the aesthetic in general are the founding condition of the possibility of establishing social and political democracy. The book examines contemporary criticism and finds that it is historically shaped by colonialism, and that it sets up an opposition of east and west that shapes all contemporary cultural politics. The author argues for a way of outwitting this potentially dangerous struggle of east and west grounded in an aestheticism and a validation of sensory experience. Docherty proposes a new model of cultural critique, based on a revitalized and positively valorized notion of "hypocrisy," whose roots lie in Machiavelli, but whose contemporary strength lies in its potential for an ethical encounter with alterity as such.

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Aesthetic Democracy argues that art and the aesthetic in general are the founding condition of the possibility of establishing social and political democracy. The book examines contemporary criticism and finds that it is historically shaped by colonialism, and that it sets up an opposition of east and west that shapes all contemporary cultural politics. The author argues for a way of outwitting this potentially dangerous struggle of east and west grounded in an aestheticism and a validation of sensory experience. Docherty proposes a new model of cultural critique, based on a revitalized and positively valorized notion of "hypocrisy," whose roots lie in Machiavelli, but whose contemporary strength lies in its potential for an ethical encounter with alterity as such.

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Title Aesthetic Democracy
Author Thomas Docherty
Binding Hardback
Edition annotated editio
Pages 192
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Stanford University Press
Publication date 2006-02-13
Features Annotated, Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
ISBN 9780804751889 / 0804751889
Weight 0.87 lbs (0.39 kg)
Dimensions 9.28 x 5.96 x 0.73 in (23.57 x 15.14 x 1.85 cm)
Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
Library of Congress subjects Critical theory, Democracy - Philosophy
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005025801
Dewey Decimal Code 321.8

About the author

Thomas Docherty is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Warwick.

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