Performing Politics

Walter Benjamin’s observation that fascism turns politics into aesthetics is, by now, a well-worn idea. This article argues that Benjamin’s critique of politics can apply just as much to the modern democratic politics of the United States. Borrowing from Benjamin, Jürgen Habermas, and Carl Schmitt,...

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Main Author: Troy R. E. Paddock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Contemporary Aesthetics, Inc. 2016-01-01
Series:Contemporary Aesthetics
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Online Access:http://www.contempaesthetics.org/newvolume/pages/article.php?articleID=721