Aesthetics and Radical Politics by Grindon, Gavin, Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 1–138. ISBN (10): 1-84718-979-2, ISBN (13): 9781847189790, 2008.

Abstract

A comprehensive summary of papers contained in this book can be found in its Introduction (pp. xii–xv), and I have nothing new to add to that excellent overview. I will focus instead on some issues that can be derived from discussions made in some (or most) of the articles in the book – for example, why are the activities of certain radical socio-political movements considered as "aesthetics", and do we simply approach them from the aesthetic perspective or consider them as "artworks".