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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsCh. 1Introduction3Radical Perspectives7The Aesthetic Dimension16Ch. 2Saint-Simon and the Promotion of a Social Aesthetic31Science, Progress, and the Intellectual32Art, Sentiment, and the Promotion of Industry38Art as Social Exhortation44Ch. 3From Positivism to Sentiment: The Aesthetics of Saint-Simonianism54The Reassertion of Positivism: Le Producteur57Prosper Enfantin and the Rehabilitation of Sentiment59Historical Theory and the Social History of Art66Assessments of Contemporary Production71Toward a New Conception of Form74Ch. 4Theory into Practice: The Frustration of Saint-Simonian Aesthetics89The Saint-Simonian Constituency90Marginality and Mal du siecle92From Menilmontant to Cairo104Why Were There No Great Saint-Simonian Artists?116Ch. 5Sentiment and Faith: Philippe Buchez and His Circle123The Primacy of Faith124History of Faith and History of Art131History as Synthesis and Prevision140"Sentiment," "Education," and "Art"148Ch. 6Pierre Leroux and the Aesthetics of Humanite165Psychological Theory and the Status of the Artist167Nature, Art, and the Symbol177Pierre Leroux and Theophile Thore181Ch. 7The Beauty of Happiness: Art Social and Fourierist Criticism188Harmony, Beauty, and Happiness191Prophecy, Luxury, and Nature198Reception and the Meaning of Form210Line, Color, and the Principles of Harmony222The Failings of Art and the Task of the Critic231Critical Positions and Artistic Production: Problems of Practice241Ch. 8Vision and Virtue: The Aesthetics of Republicanism267The Necessity of Virtue268The Moralization of Nature280Antiacademicism and the Politics of Truth289Meaning and Modernity302Ch. 9Conclusion315Class and the Snare of Culture315From Social Art to Socialist Realism333Bibliography347Index377
