{"product_id":"9781350563292","title":"Material Thought Towards a Non-Standard Formalism","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMaterial Thought\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTowards a Non-Standard Formalism\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJonathan Fardy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhilosophy \/ Aesthetics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaterial Thought\u003c\/i\u003e recovers the legacy of 'formalist' art and theory of the mid-20th century, t\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eaking as its point of departure François Laruelle's project of 'non-standard aesthetics.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Carrying out what Laruelle names a 'mutation' of formalism, recovering its radical scientificity whilst dismantling its reified façade, Jonathan Fardy operationalises a radical flattening of the division between making and thinking which he then applies to the work of select artists and critics: Clive Bell, Clement Greenberg, Michael Fried, and Rosalind Krauss, as well as artists, including Helen Frankenthaler, Giulio Paolini, and Degas. Tending to works that both predate and postdate the high-water mark of formalist art and theory, he recovers and renews a theoretical impetus that proceeded the idealist tendency of 'high formalism' - i.e., the drive to incarnate a materialist aesthetics that took the materiality of art as its critical point of departure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Through his attention to what he calls this 'materialist-formalism,' Fardy restores to 20th-century formalism a vital theoretical and political significance that has been hitherto overshadowed by 'pure' formalism and its depoliticised abstractions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eJonathan Fardy is Associate Professor of Art History at Idaho State University, USA\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350563292\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e208\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17.76\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51936259178636,"sku":"9781350563292","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_bc03babb-344d-49fc-9c03-1689e4eb963c.jpg?v=1786016490","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350563292","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}