The insistence of the sublime -- When the earth moves: toward a political sublime -- The racial sublime -- The nuclear sublime -- The industrial sublime -- The 9/11 terror sublime -- Afterword: It's all about duration.
"In The Political Sublime Michael J. Shapiro formulates an original politics of aesthetics through an analysis of the experience of the sublime. Turning away from Kant's analysis of the sublime experience as a validation of the existence of a universal common sense, Shapiro draw…
The insistence of the sublime -- When the earth moves: toward a political sublime -- The racial sublime -- The nuclear sublime -- The industrial sublime -- The 9/11 terror sublime -- Afterword: It's all about duration
In The Political Sublime Michael J. Shapiro formulates an original politics of aesthetics through an analysis of the experience of the sublime. Turning away from Kant's evaluation of the sublime experience as a validation of the existence of a universal common sense, Shapiro dra…