[Pag-download] (Books) A Theory of Minimalism
By Marc Botha
The explosion of minimalism into the worlds of visual arts, music and
literature in the mid-to-late twentieth century presents one of the most
radical and decisive revolutions in aesthetic history. Detested by some,
embraced by others, minimalism's influence was immediate, pervasive and
lasting, significantly changing the way we hear music, see art and read
literature. In The Theory of Minimalism, Marc Botha offers the first
general theory of minimalism, equally applicable to literature, the visual
arts and music. He argues that minimalism establishes an aesthetic
paradigm for rethinking realism in genuinely radical terms. In dialogue
with thinkers from both the analytic and continental traditions - including
Kant, Danto, Agamben, Badiou and Meillassoux - Botha develops a
constellation of concepts which together encapsulate the transhistorcial
and transdisciplinary reach of minimalism. Illustrated by a range of
historical, canonical and contemporary minimalist works of different
