Reflections on Rancière’s art-politics in lieu of the perspective of Deleuze and Guattari

“…today art must indict – or at the very least play the role of the jester who unmasks the unspeakable lies of the powerful. It is now widely recognized that Americans (and the Western World for the most part) have been deceived and victimized by governmental propaganda and if art cannot rebuff and contest this grave …situation by fueling the political will and imagination of resistance, I wonder why we need it at all – other than to make rich people richer. In the current political world it is painfully obvious that we need investigative strength of mind to heal our intelligence, and so an art that demands a mental mood of investigation would support such a need.” Full article.

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