Aesthetic Elisions: The Ruins of Palmyra and the “Good Life” of Liberal Multiculturalism
Abstract
Palmyra's capture and destruction by ISIS resonated widely with an international audience. Drawing on Lefebvre's theory of the production of space and affect theory's key insights on object attachment, this article argues that the attachment to Palmyra manifests desire for a particular “good life” of an idealized liberal multiculturalism: a virtuous cycle of trade and tolerance represented by aesthetic flourishing. This widely circulated...
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Title
Aesthetic Elisions: The Ruins of Palmyra and the “Good Life” of Liberal Multiculturalism
Published Date
Feb 27, 2020
Volume
14
Issue
3
Pages
286 - 303
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