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The Aesthetics of Decay; Nothingness, Nostalgia, and the Absence of Reason

The Aesthetics of Decay; Nothingness, Nostalgia, and the Absence of Reason - New Studies in Aesthetics

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In The Aesthetics of Decay, Dylan Trigg confronts the remnants from the fallout of post-industrialism and postmodernism. Through a considered analysis of memory, place, and nostalgia, Trigg argues that the decline of reason enables a critique of progress to emerge. In this ambitious work, Trigg aims to reassess the direction of progress by situating it in a spatial context. In doing so, he applies his critique of rationality to modern ruins. The derelict factory, abandoned asylum, and urban alleyway all become allies in Trigg's attack on a fixed image of temporality and progress. The Aesthetics of Decay offers a model of post-rational aesthetics in which spatial order is challenged by an affirmative ethics of ruin.

Book information

ISBN: 9780820486468
Publisher: Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Peter Lang
Pub date:
DEWEY: 190
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 265
Weight: 528g
Height: 157mm
Width: 259mm
Spine width: 21mm