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This article focuses on the aesthetics of William Wordsworth, particularly his early poetry. The implications of this investigation are far-reaching. To learn about Wordsworth's aesthetics is to learn about Romanticism, specifically radical Romanticism and the intricate relation it forges between aesthetics and democracy. I begin the article with a general account of radical aesthetics, addressing its nature, scope, and its relation to the normative, the political, and the everyday. Next, I turn to the radical aesthetics of Wordsworth. I then compare radical aesthetics to more traditional accounts of aesthetics, concluding by connecting radical Romantic aesthetics to practical power.

In this interview, Kalle Lasn, founder and editor-in-chief of Adbusters magazine, discusses his magazine and the future of the Occupy movement.

This article focuses on the aesthetics of William Wordsworth's work, particularly his early poetry. The implications of this investigation are far-reaching. To learn about Wordsworth's aesthetics is to learn about Romanticism, specifically what I call radical Romanticism and the intricate relation it forges between aesthetics and democracy. I begin the article with a general account of radical aesthetics, addressing its nature, scope, and its relation to the normative, the political, and the everyday. Next, I turn to the radical aesthetics of Words-worth. I then compare radical aesthetics to more traditional accounts of aesthetics, and I conclude by connecting radical Romantic aesthetics to practical power.

This book investigates the aesthetic nature and purposes of computer culture in the contemporary world. It casts a cool eye on the claims of cybertopians, tracing the globalization of the new medium and enquiring into its effects on subjectivity and sociality

Indian thinkers from the Kashmiri shaivist tradition, who lived between the
9th and llth c. in Kashmir, created a complex art theory. Their ideas were
similar to the Byzantine, and the Western Middle-age tradition, but in many
ways are particular, especially because they had a theory of taste. Certain
type of rasa (aesthetic taste) fills a man with particular mood. But this
emotional attitude that the art creates in man, is different the one in
everyday life - it has a purifying (suddha) and unworldly (alaukika) effect.
Therefore is the aesthetic pleasure (bhoga, or asvada), different then the
sensual or intellectual pleasure. It is conncected with a specific thrill
(camatkara), wonder (vismaya).

Contemporary socio-economic reality is like a robbery, where the wealthy people have all the money, and the workers live from hand to mouth. These systematic inequalities are happening through capitalist consumerism and creating a growing economic contrast globally. Rather than considering imitative freedom promoted by the mainstream media that drives us to power, greed, or ego-centric mentality, I believe human rights can direct us to real freedom. In current society, basic rights are being taken away from many, while a great number of us are trapped in our utopian reality without recognizing the truth. We are stimulated by our socio-economic status; without questioning it. These defective conditions are aware of the errors in the system but do not certainly clarify the reasons behind them. From our collective experience, we understand that a larger population around us and the world is suffering, and the reasons are merely economics, besides any other factor. From there we can connect the web that takes us to power and politics. In the current global economy, we see an extreme division, where 80% of the wealth is reserved by a small circle of people. Through my work, I am confronting this situation to address that. Our focus on this contemporary crisis is too narrow; where I am exploring the consequences of these issues to gain a new perspective on our shared situation.

The Pali canon shows a largely negative view of visual art. In ancient Indian culture, beauty is associated with sexual attraction, and has an erotic overtone. Concern with beauty conflicts with the Buddhist ideal of detachment from worldly pleasures. On the other hand Buddhists have created wonderful works of art, and monks can be painters or dancers. Pictures and performances are made as expressions of devotion, and as means of acquiring merit, and most importantly to convey a Buddhist message.