Aesthetic Turn in Political Thought

The growing exploration of political life from an aesthetic perspective has become so prominent that we must now speak of an aesthetic turn+? in political thought. But what does it mean and what makes it an <i>aesthetic</i> turn? Why now? This diverse and path-breaking collection of essays answers these questions provoking new ways to think about the possibilities and debilities of democratic politics.<br/><br/>Beginning from the premise that politics is <i>already </i>aesthetic in principle +? the contributions to <i>The Aesthetic Turn in Political Thought</i> from some of the world's leading political theorists and philosophers disclose a distinct set of political problems<i>: the aesthetic problems of modern politics</i>. The aesthetic turn in political thought not only recognizes that these problems are different in kind from the standard problems of politics it also recognizes that they call for a different kind of theorizing - a theorizing that is itself aesthetic.<br/><br/>A major contribution to contemporary theoretical debates <i>The Aesthetic Turn in Political Thought</i> will be essential reading to anyone interested in the interdisciplinary crossroads of aesthetic and politics.