Post-Exceptionalism

Arne De Boever teaches American Studies in the School of Critical Studies at the California Institute of the Arts. He is the author of numerous articles, reviews, and translations, as well as several books on contemporary comparative fiction and political and aesthetic philosophy. His books include Against Aesthetic Exceptionalism (2019), Plastic Sovereignties: Agamben and the Politics of Aesthetics (2016), François Jullien’s Unexceptional Thought (2020), and Being Vulnerable (2023).

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Post-Exceptionalism and Its PoliticsPart I. The Vandal1. Damage Art2. The Copy’s BlowPart II. The Forger3. Post-Exceptional Fakes4. Turning Toward LandscapePart III. The Sage5. Post-Exceptionalism as Political Formalism6. From Duplitectures to DafenConclusion: Variations on Post-Exceptional ArtCoda: The End of Art (Once Again)

Arne De Boever has distinguished himself for a staccato stream of evocative, thought-provoking, and eminently readable books that are connected by an unmistakably personal style of addressing contemporary problems in our stark reality. Looking back, this oeuvre forms a singular mosaic of critique and inspiration, and Post-Exceptionalism is its precious new gem.