Spaces of Appearance

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Often cited, rarely explained, never applied ‒ Arendt’s ›space of appearance‹ reinterpreted as a framework for the humanities.
Present whenever people act together and yet never seen for what they do, spaces of appearance come in many guises: a car crash in Vienna, a discussion forum in Dresden, a baker’s queue in Paris, an art festival in Shiraz, an unbuilt house in Istanbul, a law court in Berlin, a photograph from Arkansas. Taking their cue from Hannah Arendt’s famous concept, the case studies in this volume, written in close collaboration, examine how the perceptive standards of a given political situation may subtly change or consolidate. Supported by a wealth of images, this volume demonstrates how the concept can be activated for innovative research ‒ especially in cases where an understanding of aesthetics and politics needs to go beyond their analogization. Featuring an essay by Susan Buck-Morss.

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Martin Renz

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»Democratic politics, so it is often hoped, will be a ›space of reasons,‹ where the better argument wins out. At the same time, as Hannah Arendt famously argued, it is also a ›space of appearances.‹ This scintillating collection of essays shows that the latter is a dynamic chiaroscuro of light and dark, surface and depth, transparency and opacity, where as much is hidden as revealed.« 
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»Ce livre surprendra tant par son propos que par sa méthode. Il affronte une question non résolue et plus que jamais insistante: comment prenons-nous conscience de l’histoire dans laquelle nous sommes trop directement plongés pour ne pas osciller entre la dénégation et la dramatisation? La diversité des articles en même temps qu’un hommage à la lucidité d’Hannah Arendt sont une pierre de touche quant à la pertinence de cette approche. Le faire voir propre à l’art, particulièrement dans ses impacts et techniques récentes, apporte à ce projet ces éclats d’actualité qui convainquent.« 
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»Illuminating Arendt’s spaces of appearance in their aesthetic guise, this essay collection opens a novel, exciting perspective on how we speak and act together politically. I recommend this volume in particular because of the vast variety of voices it assembles and the plurality of aesthetic experiences it brings to shine.« 
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