{"product_id":"militant-aesthetics-9781350346789","title":"Militant Aesthetics: Art Activism in the 21st Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2008 an Iraqi artist was waterboarded   as performance art. In 2010 artists upturned police cars in Russia. But what exactly do we mean by militant art and aesthetics? Bringing together the philosophy of art   and politics, Martin Lang provides a comprehensive examination of militant   art activism: its history, its advocates and the aesthetic theory behind   it.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProtest art is not a new   concept and yet this book argues that after the terrorist attacks of 9\/11   distinctly 21st-century forms of art activism emerged. On the one   hand these became militant as artists retained belief in the possibility of   radical political change through art. On the other hand, this belief   developed in a hostile environment, when anti-terror legislations   reclassified activists and artists as terrorists.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough first-hand interviews   and experiences, \u003ci\u003eMilitant Aesthetics \u003c\/i\u003esheds   light on numerous international case studies of modern art activism and the   different ways they can be classified as militant. Many artists and   collectives, including Grupo Etcétera in Buenos Aries, are prepared to break   the law and risk arrest for their art. Others like Thomas Bresolin’s Militant Training Camp utilise military uniforms in   violent performances that connect with public anger, and artists such as Zthoven   in the Czech Republic occupy, hack, antagonise and disrupt in increasingly   militant ways. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining these examples with   the pioneering thought of Badiou, Žižek, Rancière and Mouffe, as well as   up-to-date scholarship from Bishop, Léger and others, Lang investigates the   instances, attributes and rules of militant art in order to introduce a new overall theory of 21st-century militant aesthetics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 21 August 2025\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePage count:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e Height 215 mm; Width 139 mm; Thickness 17 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781350346789\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Dr Martin Lang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50170117292282,"sku":"9781350346789","price":30.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/9781350346789.jpg?v=1787618840","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/militant-aesthetics-9781350346789","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}