{"product_id":"seeing-degree-zero-barthes-burgin-and-political-aesthetics-paperback","title":"Seeing Degree Zero: Barthes\/Burgin and Political Aesthetics - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRyan Bishop\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSunil Manghani\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the fields of literature and the visual arts, 'zero degree' represents a neutral aesthetic situated in response to, and outside of, the dominant cultural order. Taking Roland Barthes' 1953 book \u003cem\u003eWriting Degree Zero\u003c\/em\u003e as just one starting point, this volume examines the historical, theoretical and visual impact of the term and draws directly upon the editors' ongoing collaboration with artist and writer Victor Burgin. The book is composed of key chapters by the editors and Burgin, a series of collaborative texts with Burgin and four commissioned essays concerned with the relationship between Barthes and Burgin in the context of the spectatorship of art. It includes an in-depth dialogue regarding Burgin's long-term reading of Barthes and a lengthy image-text, offering critical exploration of the Image (in echo of earlier theories of the Text). Also included are translations of two projections works by Burgin, 'Belledonne' and 'Prairie', which work alongside and inform the collected essays. Overall, the book provides a combined reading of both Barthes and Burgin, which in turn leads to new considerations of visual culture, the spectatorship of art and the political aesthetic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn examination of the critical concept 'zero degree' through the work of Roland Barthes and Victor Burgin In the fields of literature and the visual arts, zero degree represents a neutral aesthetic situated in response to and outside of the dominant cultural order. Taking Roland Barthes' Writing Degree Zero as just one starting point, this volume provides an historical, theoretical and visual examination of the term and draws directly upon the editors' on-going collaboration with artist and writer Victor Burgin. The book is composed of key chapters by the editors themselves and Burgin. It includes an in-depth dialogue regarding Burgin's long-term reading of Barthes and a lengthy image-text, offering critical exploration of the Image (in echo of earlier theories of the Text). Also included are translations of two projections works by Burgin, Belledonne and Prarie, which work alongside and inform the collected essays. Overall, the book provides a combined reading of both Barthes and Burgin, which in turn leads to new considerations of visual culture, the spectatorship of art and the political aesthetic. Ryan Bishop is Professor of Global Art and Politics and Sunil Manghani is Professor of Theory, Practice and Critique. They are both at the Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. Cover design: [EUP logo] edinburghuniversitypress.com ISBN 978-1-4744-3141-5 Barcode\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRyan Bishop is Professor of Global Arts and Politics and Co-director of the research group Archaeologies of Media and Technology at the Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton, United Kingdom. He co-edits the journal \u003ci\u003eCultural Politics\u003c\/i\u003e (Duke UP), and is a series editor for Technicities (Edinburgh University Press) and Cultural Politics (Duke UP). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSunil Manghani is Professor of Theory, Practice and Critique at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 456\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 10.5 x 8.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 04, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42735610789951,"sku":"9781474431422","price":92.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7c31ddb1c7397cd53c82ce713747c0d0.webp?v=1765144074","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/seeing-degree-zero-barthes-burgin-and-political-aesthetics-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}