{"product_id":"militant-aesthetics-art-activism-in-the-21st-century-paperback","title":"Militant Aesthetics: Art Activism in the 21st Century - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartin Lang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJane Tormey\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eGillian Whiteley\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining these examples with the pioneering thought of Badiou, Zizek, 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartin Lang \u003c\/b\u003eis Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader in Fine Art at the University of Lincoln, UK. His work has been published in journals including \u003ci\u003eEkphrasis\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArt \u0026amp; the Public Sphere. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45515047796838,"sku":"9781350346789","price":81.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Mku4-IgAav9781350346789.webp?v=1776387036","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/militant-aesthetics-art-activism-in-the-21st-century-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}