Cytherica
Subtitle: Aesthetic-Political Essays In An Aphrodisian Key
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Published: March 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780820474168
Subjects: Social & political philosophy; General; History & Surveys - General; Political; Philosophy; Aesthetics; Love; Political aspects
Description: "Cytherica introduces a new faculty of thought called cytherics to contemporary academic discursivities. It defines cytherics as the sighting and siting of an aesthetic-erotic, or "aphrodisian," environment. Building on the furthest extensions of aesthetics since the eighteenth century, cytherics develops both the aesthetic-political and aesthetic-erotic dimensions of the aesthetic tradition to formulate exciting new responses to the pressing issues of contemporary societies. While drawing richly on the background of German and European Hellenism, this book provides valuable new insights for those working in the areas of the aesthetic-political, critical theory, postmodernist discursivities, and dialectical speculation."--Jacket.