The aesthetics of ideology, or 'the critique of ideological judgment' in Eagleton and Zizek
Sharpe, Matthew 2006, The aesthetics of ideology, or 'the critique of ideological judgment' in Eagleton and Zizek, Political theory : an international journal of political philosophy, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 95-120.
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The aesthetics of ideology, or 'the critique of ideological judgment' in Eagleton and Zizek
The notions of ‘ideology’ and ‘critique of ideology’ have been criticised in many ways. This essay examines the works of two contemporary theorists who defend this theoretical category. Interestingly, both do this through pivotal recourse to categories drawn from modern aesthetic theory, and in particular Kant's third Critique. In this way, they reanimate a theoretical concern with the intersection of politics and aesthetics that goes as far back as Plato. The essay's conclusion reflects on this "aesthetic turn" in the theory of ideology: what work it allows, and its limits.
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220301 Aesthetics
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970122 Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies