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Aesthetic Democracy

by Thomas Docherty
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Synopsis

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.

About the Author, Thomas Docherty

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

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Book Details

Published
February 1, 2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780804751896

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