{"product_id":"militant-aesthetics-9781350346741","title":"Militant Aesthetics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2008 an Iraqi artist was waterboarded   as performance art. In 2010 artists upturned police cars in Russia. But what exactly do we mean by militant art and aesthetics? Bringing together the philosophy of art   and politics, Martin Lang provides a comprehensive examination of militant   art activism: its history, its advocates and the aesthetic theory behind   it.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProtest art is not a new   concept and yet this book argues that after the terrorist attacks of 9\/11   distinctly 21st-century forms of art activism emerged. On the one   hand these became militant as artists retained belief in the possibility of   radical political change through art. On the other hand, this belief   developed in a hostile environment, when anti-terror legislations   reclassified activists and artists as terrorists.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough first-hand interviews   and experiences, \u003ci\u003eMilitant Aesthetics \u003c\/i\u003esheds   light on numerous international case studies of modern art activism and the   differen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements   \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePreface   \u003c\/i\u003e   Introduction 1. Art Activism after 9\/11 2. Refuse\/Resist: Militancy, Ethics   and Aesthetics 3. Militancy and the Avant-garde 4. Tactical Confrontations: Art Activism after the Global Banking Crisis 5. The Absurd and the   Dysfunctional  6. Demonstration    \u003ci\u003eBibliography   \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187300884823,"sku":"9781350346741","price":80.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/militant-aesthetics-9781350346741","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}