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Avi Alpert

Avi Alpert is a Mellon Postdoctoral Associate in the Department of English and Center for Cultural Analysis at Rutgers University. He is currently at work on a book project with the working title, “Unbearable Identities: Essaying the Globe in Idealism, Transcendentalism, and Zen.” icon

Alternative Economies of Art and Politics: An Interview with Gabriel Rockhill and Nato Thompson

By Avi Alpert

Writing about art and politics often falls into one of two camps. On the one hand, there are those who espouse “art for art’s sake,” arguing that art is a restricted and autonomous domain, concerned ...

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