CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. INTRODUCTION: Art and Politics in the Time of Radical History 1
5. Part I. Historical Encounters between Art and Politics
6. 1. For a Radical Historicist Analytic of Aesthetic and Political Practices 15
7. 2. Realism, Formalism, Commitment 56
8. Part II. Visions of the Avant-Garde
9. 3. The Theoretical Destiny of the Avant-Garde 91
10. 4. Toward a Reconsideration of Avant-Garde Practices 118
11. Part III. The Politics of Aesthetics
12. 5. The Silent Revolution 137
13. 6. Productive Contradictions 163
14. Part IV. The Social Politicity of Aesthetic Practices
15. 7. The Politicity of ‘Apolitical’ Art 191
16. 8. Rethinking The Politics Of Aesthetic Practices 218
17. Conclusion 233
18. Notes 239
19. Index 263