"Art After Liberalism is a study of creative practice at a moment of converging social crises. It is also an account of the possibilities that may emerge from these conditions. The apparent failures of liberal thinking mark its starting point. No longer can the framework of the nation state, the figure of the enterprising individual, and the premise of limitless development be counted on to produce a world worth living in. No longer can claims of benevolent inclusion, or the premise of the neutral public sphere, pass for something like equality. It is becoming increasingly clear that these commonplace liberal conceptions have failed to improve life in any lasting way. Indeed, they conceal fundamental connections to enslavement, conscription, colonization, moral debt, and ecological devastation. The essays in this book attempt to register these connections by following itinerant artists, artworks, and art publics as they move across comparative political environments. The book thus provides a range of speculations about art and social experience after liberal modernity."-- Provided by publisher.
