We are here today to consider the relation between politics and the arts, two major domains of human life that are often kept apart. Some see politics as the exercise of power in distinction from the merely esthetic. In contrast, others have sought to protect the purity of art by adopting the slogan “art for art.” By putting the modest conjunction “and” between the two terms the organizers of our conference apparently want to nudge us toward seeing politics and art together.

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