Politics and Heidegger’s Concept of Thinking in Contemporary Art

<p>Responding to Heidegger’s stark warnings concerning the essence of technology this book demonstrates art’s capacity to emancipate the life-world from globalized technological enframing. </p><p>Louise Carrie Wales presents the work of five contemporary artists – Martha Rosler Christian Boltanski Krzysztof Wodiczko and collaborators Noorafshan Mirza and Brad Butler – who challenge our thinking and compel a dramatic re-positioning of social norms and hidden beliefs. The through-line is rooted in Heidegger’s question posed at the conclusion of his technology essay as understood through artworks that provides a counter to enframing while using increasingly sophisticated technological methods. The themes are political in nature and continue to have profound resonance in today’s geopolitical climate. </p><p>The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history aesthetics philosophy and visual culture.</p>