{"product_id":"the-political-life-of-sensation-9780822344636","title":"The Political Life of Sensation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA work of political theory arguing that sensation—the taste of chocolate, the noise of a crowd, the visual impressions of film images—plays a crucial role of political life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This smart and ambitious book contributes to a growing body of work in political theory that attempts to illuminate the connections among politics, culture, theory, and aesthetics, thereby broadening our understanding of the kinds of phenomena that count as political in contemporary multicultural politics. . . . [T]his is a very important book that offers valuable ways to better comprehend the imbrications of politics, culture, and aesthetics in contemporary multicultural democracy.” - Robert E. Watkins, \u003ci\u003ePerspectives on Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Davide Panagia develops a provocative contribution to democratic political theory. . . . His arguments are persuasive and refreshing. . . . [T]he work on the whole is rich and innovative.” - Parie Leung, \u003ci\u003eCanadian Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“‘The first political act is also an aesthetic one.’ From this provocative postulate \u003ci\u003eThe Political Life of Sensation\u003c\/i\u003e develops a refreshingly innovative theory of the image for which the force of sensation figures as a force for democracy. As interruptive as it is instaurational, both dissensual and convivial, the power of the image is brought by Davide Panagia to a new and original theoretical expression. The book weaves seamlessly between penetrating analyses of key political and philosophical thinkers and of cultural formations from the piazzas of Italy to the Thanksgiving table. A forceful and convincing apologia for an ‘ethics of appearance.’”—\u003cb\u003eBrian Massumi\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eParables for the Virtual: Movement, Affect, Sensation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With this remarkable book, Davide Panagia chops off the head of political theory’s ruling narratocracy. The challenge he thereby raises is nothing less than a call for reconfiguring democracy as a realm of the senses.”—\u003cb\u003eJodi Dean\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eDemocracy and Other Neoliberal Fantasies: Communicative Capitalism and Left Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Davide Panagia develops a provocative contribution to democratic political theory. . . . His arguments are persuasive and refreshing. . . . [T]he work on the whole is rich and innovative.” -- Parie Leung * Canadian Literature *\u003cbr\u003e“This smart and ambitious book contributes to a growing body of work in political theory that attempts to illuminate the connections among politics, culture, theory, and aesthetics, thereby broadening our understanding of the kinds of phenomena that count as political in contemporary multicultural politics. . . . [T]his is a very important book that offers valuable ways to better comprehend the imbrications of politics, culture, and aesthetics in contemporary multicultural democracy.” -- Robert E. Watkins * Perspectives on Politics *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations xi\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments: \u003ci\u003eGrazie\u003c\/i\u003e xiii\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: Narratocracy and the Contours of Political Life 1\u003cbr\u003e 1. From \u003ci\u003eNomos\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eNomad\u003c\/i\u003e: Kant, Deleuze, and Rancière on Sensation 21\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Piazza, the \u003ci\u003eEdicola\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Noise of the Utterance 45\u003cbr\u003e 3. Machiavelli's Theory of Sensation and Florence's \u003ci\u003eVita Festiva\u003c\/i\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Viewing Subject: Caravaggio, Bacon, and \u003ci\u003eThe Ring\u003c\/i\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e 5. \"You're Eating Too Fast!\" Slow Food's Ethos of \u003ci\u003eConvivium\u003c\/i\u003e 123\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: \"The Photograph's Tell It All\": On an Ethics of Appearance 149\u003cbr\u003e Notes 155\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 189\u003cbr\u003e Index 201","brand":"MD - Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51138190803287,"sku":"9780822344636","price":790.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822344636.jpg?v=1751918375","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-political-life-of-sensation-9780822344636","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}