Raphael Sassower is Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Louis Cicotello is Professor of Visual Arts, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

Discussing art as a function of politics, this book offers a fresh perspective on the place of art in our lives and our society. Writing in a direct and accessible manner, Sassower and Cicotelli bring clarity to a complex range of materials and philosophical positions.

• Chapter 1 The Artistic Predicament of Ideological ComplicityChapter 2 The Visual Framing of Fascism and DemocracyChapter 3 The Universal Faces of ArtChapter 4 The Pedagogical Predicament

Raphael Sassower is Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Louis Cicotello is Professor of Visual Arts, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

Discussing art as a function of politics, this book offers a fresh perspective on the place of art in our lives and our society. Writing in a direct and accessible manner, Sassower and Cicotelli bring clarity to a complex range of materials and philosophical positions.

• Chapter 1 The Artistic Predicament of Ideological ComplicityChapter 2 The Visual Framing of Fascism and DemocracyChapter 3 The Universal Faces of ArtChapter 4 The Pedagogical Predicament

Raphael Sassower is Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Louis Cicotello is Professor of Visual Arts, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

Discussing art as a function of politics, this book offers a fresh perspective on the place of art in our lives and our society. Writing in a direct and accessible manner, Sassower and Cicotelli bring clarity to a complex range of materials and philosophical positions.

• Chapter 1 The Artistic Predicament of Ideological ComplicityChapter 2 The Visual Framing of Fascism and DemocracyChapter 3 The Universal Faces of ArtChapter 4 The Pedagogical Predicament