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Book SynopsisExplores the political force of aesthetic experience and the role space plays in politics. This book argues that politics is about forms of perceiving the world and modes of relating to it. It offers an understanding of politics based on apprehension and revelation.
Trade Review'What if political action is the very invention of space? And what if we were to see this making of space as a work of art and imagination? With an artistry of his own, Mustafa Dikec brings Arendt, Nancy and Ranciere into conversation with ordinary people shaping their own everyday worlds. The warmest of invitations into challenging political thought, "Space, Politics, and Aesthetics" is a celebration of the sheer joy of bringing shared spaces into being.'--Nigel Clark, Lancaster University; 'Mustafa Dikec's "Space, Politics and Aesthetics" is philosophically profound, politically astute and conceptually powerful. Articulating critical geography with a politics of aesthetics, the work crosses disciplinary boundaries and provides an innovative intervention into contemporary social theory.'--Michael J. Shaprio, University of Hawai'i
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; 1. Politics and the spatial imagination; 2. Politics of aesthetics; 3. Politics for beginners; 4. Politics in-common; 5. Politics for equals; 6. The sublime element in politics; Bibliography; Index
