After modernism and postmodernism, it is argued, the everyday
supposedly is where a democracy of taste is brought into being - the
place where art goes to recover its customary and collective
pleasures, and where the shared pleasures of popular culture are
indulged, from celebrity magazines to shopping malls.
John Roberts argues that this understanding of the everyday downgrades
its revolutionary meaning and philosophical implications. Bringing
radical political theory back to the centre of the discussion, he
shows how notions of cultural democratization have been
oversimplified. Asserting that the everyday should not be narrowly
identified with the popular, Roberts critiques the way in which the
concept is now overly associated with consumption and 'ordinariness'.
Engaging with the work of key thinkers including, Lukács, Arvatov,
Benjamin, Lefebvre, Gramsci, Barthes, Vaneigem, and de Certeau,
Roberts shows how the concept of the everyday continues to be central
to debates on ideology, revolution and praxis. He offers a lucid
account of different approaches that developed over the course of the
twentieth century, making this an ideal book for anyone looking for a
politicised approach to cultural theory.
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ISBN
9781849644648
Publisert
2016
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Pluto Press
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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