A transatlantic political theology of psychedelic aesthetics :
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[Book]
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enchanted citizens /
First Statement of Responsibility
Roger K. Green.
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Cham, Switzerland :
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Palgrave Macmillan US,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2019]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (305 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Liberal subjectivity, religion, and the state -- Psychadelic aesthetics, political theology, and religion -- European influences -- The return to "nature" and the problem of the perennial -- Theorizing the psychedelic experience -- Psychadelic citizenship and re-enchantment : affective aesthetics as political instantaiation -- Aldous Huxley ; the political theologian -- Conclusion : re-enchantment and psychedelic aesthetics.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Arguing that we ought to look to psychedelic aesthetics of the 1960s in relation to current crises in liberal democracy, this book emphasizes the intersection of European thought and the psychedelic. The first half of the book focuses on philosophical influences of Herbert Marcuse and Antonin Artaud, while the second half shifts toward literary and theoretical influences of Aldous Huxley on psychedelic aesthetics. Framed within an emergent discourse of political theology, it suggests that taking a postsecular approach to psychedelic aesthetics helps us understand deeper connections between aesthetics and politics.
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A Transatlantic Political Theology of Psychedelic Aesthetics : Enchanted Citizens.