The aesthetic
Article Abstract:
A study enumerates the key points of the formative prehistory of the concept of the aesthetic, and traces three major modern tendencies in construing the aesthetic. It critically examines the idea of aesthetic disinterestedness and discusses the contrasts between the concept of art in Western modernity and in pre-modern and Asian culture.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 2006
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Nation
Article Abstract:
A study traces the definition of nation through various stages, outlining the consequences of each definition. It emphasizes that the movement to exclusivity has been genocidal and suggests the possibility of re-reading the idea of nation.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 2006
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