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Overview
“Docherty has previously published a number of distinguished books, but this one might be seen as the culmination of his years of thought and work on the humanities and their social roles. . . . The scope of Docherty’s knowledge is truly amazing. . . . [He] writes with a quite unusual combination of passionate commitment and temperate clarity about difficult matters.” —J. Hillis Miller,University of California, IrvineSynopsis
Aesthetic Democracy argues that the possibility of social and political democracy depends primarily upon art and aesthetics, and that it is art which determines the possibilities of human freedom.
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“Docherty has previously published a number of distinguished books, but this one might be seen as the culmination of his years of thought and work on the humanities and their social roles. . . . The scope of Docherty’s knowledge is truly amazing. . . . [He] writes with a quite unusual combination of passionate commitment and temperate clarity about difficult matters.” —J. Hillis Miller,University of California, IrvineBook Details
Published
February 1, 2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Pages
192
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780804751889