
Surpassing the Spectacle
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Throughout, Becker works to reconstruct a vision of humanity that incorporates, and hopefully moves us beyond, a dystopian moment when we no longer were able to use words such as humane, accountable, or the public good without seeming nostalgic and romantic. Becker raises the question of the place of art and the function of public intellectuals in a society desperately in need of creativity and leadership. The book is written in clear and accessible prose, which nonetheless looks at the issues philosophically and does not sacrifice any of the subtleties of thought necessary to contextualize and surpass the spectacle of contemporary U.S. society.
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Chapter 2 The Artist as Public Intellectual
Chapter 3 The Nature of the Investigation: Art Making in a Post-Postmodern Era
Chapter 4 The Art of Testimony
Chapter 5 Brooklyn Museum: Messing with the Sacred
Chapter 6 Betrayal
Chapter 7 Trial by Fire: A Saga of Gender and Leadership
Chapter 8 Reconciling Truth in South Africa
Chapter 9 Memory and Monstrosity
Chapter 10 The Second Johannesburg Biennale
Chapter 11 The Romance of Nomadism
Chapter 12 Art and Ecology
Chapter 13 GFP Bunny and the Plight of the Posthuman
Chapter 14 Surpassing the Spectacle
Chapter 15 Index
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