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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816571103321

Autore

Mieszkowski Jan <1968->

Titolo

Labors of imagination : aesthetics and political economy from Kant to Althusser / / Jan Mieszkowski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-4294-7895-0

0-8232-3534-3

0-8232-4806-2

0-8232-2589-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 pages)

Disciplina

111/.85

Soggetti

Aesthetics

Economics

Political science - Philosophy

Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The art of interest -- Breaking the laws of language -- On the poetics and politics of voice -- Economics beyond interest -- Ideology, obviously.

Sommario/riassunto

Challenging various assumptions about the relationship between language and politics, this book offers an account of aesthetic and economic thought since the eighteenth century. Providing a contribution to contemporary debates about culture and ideology, it is suitable for scholars of literature, history, and political theory.