Publications of Ebrahim Moosa
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@article{fds196566,
Author = {E. Moosa},
Title = {Aesthetics and Transcendence in the Arab
Uprisings},
Journal = {Middle East Law and Governance},
Volume = {4},
Number = {3},
Pages = {171-180},
Publisher = {Brill},
Year = {2011},
Month = {October},
url = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/brill/melg/2011/00000003/F0020001/art00016},
Abstract = {Politics is regarded as a science for it tells us what to
do, when it deals with measurable concepts. But politics is
also an art—a form of practice, telling us how and when to
do things. Lest we forget, the arts of persuasion and
inspiration are part of politics. And, every art also
produces an aesthetic. By aesthetics I mean, the ways by
which we think about art: recall, art is what we do and how
we do things. Th ose things and acts that become visible
when we do and produce certain actions—jubilation,
conversations, speeches, greetings, protests, banners,
deaths, wounds and other expressions—all constitute the
means by which thought becomes visible, effective, and
sensible. These forms and visible expressions of the
sensible constitute the aesthetics of politics. Only the
patient will know where the momentum for change in the Arab
world is heading. But, if the outcome of the Arab uprisings
is unclear, then there is one certainty: the people have
changed the order of the sensible. Thanks to peaceful
protests in the face of regime brutality, tens of millions
of people have performed change in myriads of expressions:
aesthetics. Their feelings have cumulatively changed, and
how people feel about governance is ultimately what politics
is all about.},
Doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187633711X591512},
Key = {fds196566}
}