{"product_id":"imaginary-relations-aesthetics-ideology-in-the-theory-of-historical-materialism-paperback","title":"Imaginary Relations: Aesthetics \u0026 Ideology in the Theory of Historical Materialism - 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\u003eMichael Sprinker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book sets out to clarify the nature of the aesthetic as a category within the theory of historical materialism. It opens with an analysis of Marx's brief discussion of Greek art in the \u003ci\u003eGrundrisse\u003c\/i\u003e, moves through a series of readings of specifically bourgeois texts, including those of Ruskin, G.M. Hopkins, Nietzsche and Henry James, and then to the terrain of Marxism in the concepts of history underwriting the work of Fredric Jameson and Jean-Paul Sartre. Sprinkler detours through the recent works of Perry Anderson to set the stage for a systematic consideration of the theoretical itinerary and continuing relevance of the contributions of Louis Althusser. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eImaginary Relations\u003c\/i\u003e is a cogently argued attempt to shift the terrain of Marxist theorizing about art from the domain of ideology considered as simply false consciousness to a concept of art which makes aesthetic texts sources of empirical data about the real, historical world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Sprinker \u003c\/b\u003ewas Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His \u003ci\u003eImaginary Relations: Aesthetics and Ideology in the History of Historical Materialism \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e History and Ideology in Proust\u003c\/i\u003e are also published by Verso. Together with Mike Davis, he founded Verso's Haymarket Series and guided it until his death in 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 302\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 17, 1987\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464842395901,"sku":"9780860918790","price":41.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/NaojinylaX9780860918790.webp?v=1777261767","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/imaginary-relations-aesthetics-ideology-in-the-theory-of-historical-materialism-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}