On the limits of negation in Badiou's theory of art

Journal of Visual Art Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 271-282

  Roberts, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Avant garde; Commodity; Negation; Sociability; Subtraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950762980     PISSN: 14702029     EISSN: 17589185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/jvap.7.3.271_1     Document Type: Article

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