Towards a Productive Aesthetics

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Contemporary and Historical Interventions in Blake and Brecht

By Keith O'Regan

Series: Historical Materialism

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Towards a Productive Aesthetics by Keith O'Regan explores how forms of art and aesthetics can interplay with societal productivity. It examines the intricate relationship between art, economy, and culture, investigating how creative expressions influence and are influenced by economic structures. The book provides a thought-provoking analysis, merging insights from both artistic critique and economic theory.
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Towards a Productive Aesthetics

O'Regan's analysis compares the politics and aesthetics of Blake and Brecht to offer dazzling insights into the work of both

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In Towards a Productive Aesthetics: Contemporary and Historical Interventions in Blake and Brecht, Keith O'Regan mobilises a constellative approach to compare the political-aesthetic strategies of William Blake (1757-1827) and Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956).

O'Regan traces two similar trajectories in each author's work: an exploration of how capitalist domination defines conjunctures, and an investigation of how historical figures, themes, and terrains illustrate past failures or losses that can be cleaved open for radical possibilities in the present.

Brecht and Blake posit an "oppositional aesthetics of the now" that articulates a theory of experience under capitalism, while counter-posing an oppositional form of existence.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781642597868

Publisher: Haymarket Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 December 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Haymarket Books

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 248

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Education & Reference Keith O'Regan Non-Fiction Science & Nature Series: Historical Materialism

About the Author

Keith O'Regan teaches in the Writing and Humanities Departments of York University. His recent publications centre on comparative analyses of historical and contemporary film, and writing and graduate education.