The Egalitarian Sublime: A Process Philosophy

Maps the history of the sublime to reveal its dark heart and creates a new, anarchic approach

We call 'sublime' those things and experiences supposed to be the very best. But what if the best encourages the worst? What if the best leads to inequality and exploitation? Williams critiques the sublime over its long history and in recent returns to sublime nature and technologies. Deploying a new critical method that draws on process philosophy, he shows how the sublime has always led to inequal...