The Art of Anti-Racism by Alix L. Olson, Alex Zamalin - 9798855804607

Name: The Art of Anti-Racism by Alix L. Olson, Alex Zamalin - 9798855804607
Brand: State University of New York Press

State University of New York Press

The Art of Anti-RacismAesthetics, Race, and Contemporary Political Theory\nAuthor(s): Alix L. Olson, Alex Zamalin\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: State University of New York Press, United States\nImprint: State University of New York Press\nISBN-13: 9798855804607, 979-8855804607\nSynopsis\nLeading scholars grounded in a range of disciplines examine the intersection of anti-racist activism, aesthetics, and contemporary political theory.\n\nThe Art of Anti-Racism offers a sustained theoretical examination of the aesthetic dimensions of anti-racist struggle. It argues that political theory itself can be understood as an arta dynamic process of claim-making and critically analyzing and expanding our ethical, moral and strategic visions. Politics, likewise, is the art of assembling messages, narratives, symbols, emotions, and affects in public and through collective institutions and structures. Art, in turn, can serve as a critique of existing political realities while gesturing toward a h?