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fascism's rendering of politics as aesthetic spectacle, set against the communist answer of politicizing art.

In critical theory, aestheticization of politics refers to fascism's rendering of politics as aesthetic spectacle, set against the communist answer of politicizing art. This meaning comes from Benjamin (1969) in Illuminations.[1]

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  1. Benjamin, W. (1969). Illuminations (H. Arendt, Ed.; H. Zohn, Trans.). Schocken Books. ISBN 9780805202410

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