Beyond the Aesthetic and the Anti-Aesthetic

The seminars. Introductory seminar ; The anti-aesthetic in the 1980s : Craig Owens's "The allegorical impulse" ; The anti-aesthetic in the 1990s : the body ; Theory and criticism ; Theoretical positions : critical theory ; Theoretical positions : Rancière, Deleuze, relational aesthetics ; Theoretical positions : affect theory in art history ; Theoretical positions : affect theory at large ; Things missing from this book -- Assessments. Preface / Harper Montgomery ; Grant Kester ; Alexander Dumbadze ; Geng Youzhuang ; Cary Levine ; Boris Groys ; Gregory Sholette ; Eva Schürmann ; Maria Filomena Molder ; Gary Peters ; Andrew McNamara ; Gordon Hughes ; Toni Ross ; Justin McKeown ; Timotheus Vermeulen ; Noah Simblist ; Rebecca Zorach ; Carrie Noland ; Robert Storr ; William Mazzarella ; Luis Camnitzer ; Jon Simons ; Angela Dimitrikaki.;"Gathers historians, philosophers, critics, curators, and artists to explore the divisions in teaching, practice, and theorization of art created [...]by the choice between continuations of Modernism, with its aesthetic values, and the many kinds of postmodernism, which privilege issues outside aesthetics, including politics, gender, and identity"--Provided by publisher.