Aesthetics Equals Politics: New Discourses Across Art, Architecture, And Ph...

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Book Title: Aesthetics Equals Politics : New Discourses Across Art, Architecture, and Philosophy

Item Length: 9in

Item Width: 6in

Author: Mark Foster Gage

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: History / Contemporary (1945-), Criticism, Aesthetics

Publisher: MIT Press

Publication Year: 2023

Genre: Art, Architecture, Philosophy

Item Weight: 13 Oz

Number of Pages: 328 Pages