The Subject of Minimalism

On Aesthetics, Agency, and Becoming

By: Thomas Phillips

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Hardcover | 5 September 2013 | Edition Number 1

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212 Pages

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The Subject of Minimalism is as much about the self that engages in aesthetic practice as it is concerned with artistic or cultural productions. In other words, it advocates for minimalism as an approach to daily life. Utilizing a wide range of theoretical and creative texts, it ultimately makes the claim that lived experience is capable of being refined according to the paradoxically rich parameters of a minimalist aesthetic. What is finally at stake for one who engages with certain texts, the book argues, is a selfhood that may become at once 'minimized' and advanced in the psychology and materiality of its everyday life.

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"This is a very well written, theoretically complex, and conceptually lucid work that wishes to analyze the intersection of aesthetic practices and the articulation of subjectivity: who we are and how we interact with the world and with ourselves. Phillips is equally sophisticated and successful in his analysis and deep probing of the texts at hand, whether they be philosophical, psychological, cultural, or artistic (literature, performance pieces, or music). The scope of the writing is far-reaching; the project is very ambitious; the mind behind the work is very sharp and insightful. Phillips proves his talents over and over again." - Annabel Martin, Associate Professor of Spanish, Comparative Literature, and Women's and Gender Studies, Dartmouth College, USA

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