Aesthetic and Cultural Studies Reading Circle 1
We would hereby like to invite you to join us for a meeting of the Aesthetic and Cultural Studies Reading Circle. We will start with the article below, and then discuss at the end of each meeting what we want to read for next time. There will be coffee/tea and snacks
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Article (also attached): Räber, M. 2023. "Rupture and Response—Rorty, Cavell, and Rancière on the Role of the Poetic Powers of Democratic Citizens in Overcoming Injustices and Oppression". Philosophies 2023, 8, 62. https://doi.org/10.3390/ philosophies8040062
Very briefly put, the above article aims to: "elucidate the significance of disidentification and imagination for democratic progress and change. ...This is particularly relevant at a political moment when the lack of alternatives to what are perceived as necessary economic and other constraints in a globalized world limits people’s imagination. ... [and] necessitates a philosophical framework that demonstrates how the poetic and imaginative capacities of democratic citizens can serve as central elements within transformative movements. The purpose of this paper is to lay out the key components of such a framework."
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