The Concept of the Political: an Aesthetical View

Student: Izotov Sergey

Educational Programme: Political Science (Bachelor)

Year of Graduation: 2019

The research problem is the lack of clarity in relation of the aesthetically understood concept of the Political to liberal-democracy as a specific socio-political order. Solving problem of the aesthetic conceptualization of the Political is even more relevant when voices of liberal-democracy crisis sound. Migration, terrorism, populism (Donald Trump is openly called showman by his political opponents) all these issues create a theoretical challenge to answer.

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