Abstract

Intro -- Half Title -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Basic Themes and Overview -- Artistic Representation of Political Power -- The Aesthetic Self-Presentation of Power -- Theory and Method -- Notes -- References -- 2 Politics and Democracy -- The Democratic Political Process -- Public Discourse and Civic Engagement -- Notes -- References -- 3 Public Space and Late Modern Forms of Public Practice -- The Conflictual Nature of Public Space -- Types of Publics -- Contemporary Conditions of Practice in Public Space -- Notes -- References -- 4 Political and Aesthetic Discursive Practice -- Aesthetic Discourse and Aesthetic Experience -- Differentiation and Conflictual Interplay of Discourses -- Aesthetic Discourse and Political Community -- Political Judgement as a Composed Entity -- Potentials and Limitations of Aesthetic Experience -- Notes -- References -- 5 Power-Oriented Aesthetic Interventions in Politics -- Aesthetic Characteristics of the Four Types of Publics -- Aesthetic Intervention in the Public of Parliament-Oriented Mass Media -- Notes -- References -- 6 Artistic Interventions in the Field of Political Practice -- The Artefact Level -- The Atmospheric Level -- Notes -- References -- 7 Current Developmental Perspectives of Public Discourse -- Notes -- References -- Index.