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Provides in-depth, interdisciplinary exploration of the co-constitution of art and sovereignty around the world, today and in the past
Examines art in its global manifestations as property and national patrimony, as well as the claims that art makes on behalf of citizenship and political identities
Engages art as a crucial repository of meaning to those who hope to demonstrate the power of the sovereign state, as well as for those who hope to undermine that power
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This volume aims to question, challenge, supplement, and revise current understandings of the relationship between aesthetic and political operations. The authors transcend disciplinary boundaries and nurture a wide-ranging sensibility about art and sovereignty, two highly complex and interwoven dimensions of human experience that have rarely been explored by scholars in one conceptual space. Several chapters consider the intertwining of modern philosophical currents and modernist artistic forms, in particular those revealing formal abstraction, stylistic experimentation, self-conscious expression, and resistance to traditional definitions of “Art.” Other chapters deal with currents that emerged as facets of art became increasingly commercialized, merging with industrial design and popular entertainment industries. Some contributors address Post-Modernist art and theory, highlighting power relations and providing sceptical, critical commentary on repercussions of colonialism and notions of universal truths rooted in Western ideals. By interfering with established dichotomies and unsettling stable debates related to art and sovereignty, all contributors frame new perspectives on the co-constitution of artworks and practices of sovereignty.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, USA
Douglas Howland
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Dept. History of Art and Architecture, DePaul University, Chicago, USA
Elizabeth Lillehoj
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German Studies Department, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Maximilian Mayer
About the editors
Douglas Howland is Buck Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA. He is, most recently, author of International Law and Japanese Sovereignty: The Emerging Global Order in the 19th Century (2016) and co-editor (with Luise White) of The State of Sovereignty: Territories, Laws, Populations (2009).
Elizabeth Lillehoj is Professor of Asian Art History with a specialization in premodern Japan, teaching at DePaul University in Chicago, USA. She is the editor of three volumes on East Asian art and author of Art and Palace Politics in Japan, 1580s-1680s (2011).
Maximilian Mayer is Research Professor at the German Studies Center of Tongji University, Shanghai, with a specialization in International Relations, Science, Technology, and Arts. He is co-editor of The Global Politics of Science and Technology Vol.1 and Vol.2 (2014).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Art and Sovereignty in Global Politics
Editors: Douglas Howland, Elizabeth Lillehoj, Maximilian Mayer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95016-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95015-7Published: 02 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95705-7Published: 06 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-95016-4Published: 01 December 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 320
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 9 illustrations in colour
Topics: Political History, Fine Arts, International Relations, Political Theory, Democracy, Emerging Markets/Globalization