Maimon, Vered,
Contemporary art, photography, and the politics of citizenship / Vered Maimon. - 1 online resource (xi, 156 pages) : illustrations - Routledge advances in art and visual studies .
"This book analyzes recent artistic and activist projects in order to conceptualize the new roles and goals of a critical theory and practice of art and photography. Vered Maimon argues that current artistic and activist practices are no longer concerned with the "politics of representation" and the critique of the spectacle, but with a "politics of rights" and the performative formation of shared yet highly contested public domains. The book thus offers a critical framework in which to rethink the artistic, the activist, and the political under globalization. The primary focus is on the ways contemporary artists and activists examine political citizenship as a paradox where subjects are struggling to acquire rights whose formulation rests on attributes they allegedly don't have; while the universal political validity of these rights presupposes precisely the abstraction of every form of difference, rights for all. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, contemporary art, photography theory, visual culture, cultural studies, critical theory, political theory, human rights, and activism"--
9780367368388 0367368382 9781000096705 100009670X 9781000096736 1000096734 9781000096767 1000096769
Aesthetics--Political aspects.
Art--Philosophy.
Photography--Philosophy.
Critical theory.
PHOTOGRAPHY / History
BH301.P64
701/.03
Contemporary art, photography, and the politics of citizenship / Vered Maimon. - 1 online resource (xi, 156 pages) : illustrations - Routledge advances in art and visual studies .
"This book analyzes recent artistic and activist projects in order to conceptualize the new roles and goals of a critical theory and practice of art and photography. Vered Maimon argues that current artistic and activist practices are no longer concerned with the "politics of representation" and the critique of the spectacle, but with a "politics of rights" and the performative formation of shared yet highly contested public domains. The book thus offers a critical framework in which to rethink the artistic, the activist, and the political under globalization. The primary focus is on the ways contemporary artists and activists examine political citizenship as a paradox where subjects are struggling to acquire rights whose formulation rests on attributes they allegedly don't have; while the universal political validity of these rights presupposes precisely the abstraction of every form of difference, rights for all. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, contemporary art, photography theory, visual culture, cultural studies, critical theory, political theory, human rights, and activism"--
9780367368388 0367368382 9781000096705 100009670X 9781000096736 1000096734 9781000096767 1000096769
Aesthetics--Political aspects.
Art--Philosophy.
Photography--Philosophy.
Critical theory.
PHOTOGRAPHY / History
BH301.P64
701/.03