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Reparative Aesthetics

Witnessing in Contemporary Art Photography
By Susan Best
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Reparative Aesthetics by Susan Best offers an insightful examination of modern art through the lens of reparative thinking, a concept derived from psychoanalysis. The author explores how contemporary artworks possess the power to heal and transform, challenging traditional narratives and encouraging an inclusive dialogue. This approach highlights art's potential for emotional and psychological repair, inviting readers to re-evaluate their engagement with visual culture.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in exploring how art can be a healing force, particularly in addressing trauma and loss. This intriguing work delves into the potential for art to offer reparative experiences and examines its role in personal and societal healing. The blend of philosophy and psychology offers a rich perspective on the transformative power of aesthetics.

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Reparative Aesthetics

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By offering a new way of thinking about the role of politically engaged art, Susan Best opens up a new aesthetic field: reparative aesthetics. The book identifies an innovative aesthetic on the part of women photographers from the southern hemisphere, who, against the dominant modes of criticality in political art, look at how cultural production can be reparative.

The winner of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand best book award in 2017, Reparative Aesthetics contributes an entirely new theory to the interdisciplinary fields of aesthetics, affect studies, feminist theory, politics, and photography. Conceptually innovative and fiercely original, this book will move us beyond old political and cultural stalemates and into new terrain for analysis and reflection.

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Reparative Aesthetics by Susan Best is praised for its insightful exploration of how art by women photographers from the global south can address and heal societal and personal shame. The book weaves art with psychoanalysis and debates on trauma and repair, offering a fresh perspective on the complexities of history through photographic art. Critics commend Best’s eloquent approach and her ability to connect affect theories and psychoanalysis, enhancing understanding of difficult national histories and affirming her as a skilled analyst in the fields of affect, art, and politics.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781472529862

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 October 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Illustration: 52 bw illus

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 400g

Pages: 232

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology Philosophy & Stoicism Susan Best

About the Author

Susan Best is Professor of Fine Art and Art Theory at Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Australia. Recent publications include Visualizing Feeling: Affect and the Feminine Avant-garde (2011) which won the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand best book award in 2012.

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