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Industrial Aesthetics: A Critique of Taste

Below I have posted the latest in my collection of essays called S M P L C T Y: Ecological Civilisation and the Will to Art. This new essay is called ‘Industrial Aesthetics: A Critique of Taste’. The PDF is also available here. ‘Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers.’ – William Wordsworth Every individual and every society are enactments of stories we tell ourselves... read more

Answering Estragon: Art, Godot, and Utopia

Below I have posted the latest in my new collection of essays S M P L C T Y: Ecological Civilisation and the Will to Art. This new essay is called “Answering Estragon: Art, Godot, and Utopia.” The PDF is also available below. Answering EstragonDownload ‘Vladimir: Say you are, even if it’s not true. Estragon: What am I to say? Vladimir: Say, “I am happy.” Estragon: I am... read more

Art Against Empire: Marcuse on the Aesthetics of Revolt

Below I have posted the latest in my new collection of essays S M P L C T Y: Ecological Civilisation and the Will to Art. This new essay is called ‘Art Against Empire: Marcuse on the Aesthetics of Revolt.’ The PDF is also available below. Art Against EmpireDownload ‘Art cannot change the world, but it can contribute to the changing the consciousness and drives of the men and women who... read more

Making Art While the World Weeps: Political Reflections on Aesthetics

Below I have posted the latest in my collection of essays called S M P L C T Y: Ecological Civilisation and the Will to Art. This new essay is called ‘Making Art While the World Weeps: Political Reflections on Aesthetics.’ The PDF of the essay is also available. Making Art While the World WeepsDownload ‘Politics is aesthetic in... read more

Banish the Poets! The Power and Politics of Aesthetic Education

Below I have posted the latest in my collection of essays called S M P L C T Y: Ecological Civilisation and the Will to Art. This new essay is called ‘Banish the Poets! The Power and Politics of Aesthetic Education.’ The PDF is also available below. Banish the PoetsDownload ‘The development of man’s capacity for feeling is… the more urgent need of our... read more

Bad Faith and the Fear of Freedom: Can Art Shake Us Awake?

Here is the latest in my collection of essays called S M P L C T Y: Ecological Civilisation and the Will to Art. This new essay is called ‘Bad Faith and the Fear of Freedom: Can Art Shake Us Awake?’ The PDF is also available below. Bad Faith and the Fear of FreedomDownload ‘Modern man lives under the illusion that he knows what he wants, while he actually wants what he... read more

The Politics of Beauty: Schiller on Freedom and Aesthetic Education

Below I have posted the latest in my new collection of essays called S M P L C T Y: Ecological Civilisation and the Will to Art. This new essay is called ‘The Politics of Beauty: Schiller on Freedom and Aesthetic Education.’ The PDF is also available below. The Politics of BeautyDownload ‘If we are to solve the political problem in practice, [we must] follow the path of aesthetics,... read more

Giving Birth to Oneself: Ethics as an ‘Aesthetics of Existence’

Below I have posted the latest essay in my new collection, S M P L C T Y: Ecological Civilisation and the Will to Art. This new essay is called ‘Giving Birth to Oneself: Ethics as an “Aesthetics of Existence.”‘ I have also posted the PDF below. Giving Birth to OneselfDownload ‘In our society art has become something which is related to objects, and not to individuals or to... read more

Homo Aestheticus, the Artful Species: An Evolutionary Perspective

Below I have posted the latest essay in my new collection, S M P L C T Y: Ecological Civilisation and the Will to Art. This new essay is called ‘Homo Aestheticus, the Artful Species: An Evolutionary Perspective.’ I have also posted the PDF below. Homo Aestheticus, the Artful SpeciesDownload ‘What are humans for?’ –      Wendell Berry In... read more

Rescuing Aestheticism from the Dandies: Critical Distinctions

Below I have posted the latest essay in my new collection called S M P L C T Y: Ecological Civilisation and the Will to Art. This new essay is called ‘Rescuing Aestheticism from the Dandies: Critical Distinctions’. I’ve also posted the PDF below. The Introduction and the other essays are available from the link above. Rescuing Aestheticism from the DandiesDownload ‘All art is... read more
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