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Aesthetic Revolution and the Contemporary Construction of Utopia
XIANG Li
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2017.11.002
Yunnan University, Kunming, China
When Utopia is re-discussed in the contemporary era, it is no longer just a question about the continued writing of a romantic poem, but a revolutionary political question. As it is the “presence” of “absence”, the charm of Utopia lies in that it is not only distant otherness, but a kind of existence always touching the undercurrent of reality. In contemporary era, Utopia exists in the paradoxical form of dystopia. It is just in the review on Utopia that the political potential of art enables aesthetic Utopia re-enter its promising holy land as a new configuration of contemporary Utopia. However, the practice of aesthetic Utopia is not entirely poetic; on the contrary, there are always many fields which intertwine around and fight against each other between reality and expectations. Therefore, the aesthetic revolution chooses a more prudent way after the passionate release.
Utopia, Political potential, Aesthetic Utopia, Aesthetic Revolution, Institutional Critique, Aesthetic Capitalism
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