This is a timely and important book written by one of the most accomplished continental philosophers in the U.S. today. It is the second in a trilogy by Evans on philosophical sociology and anthropology that continues to mine his original thesis on the multivoiced body – the idea that society is composed of the massive interplay of voices seeking audibility through all kinds of discursive antagonism and institutions. The remarkable erudition displayed in the first book with that title is once again on display in this second tome. This time the author takes a deep dive into art history and criticism as well as contemporary political theory and delivers an original essay on a political aesthetics for public art. A third volume on cosmopolitanism is in development.

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书评：公共艺术与民主的脆弱性：政治美学随笔

这是由当今美国最有成就的大陆哲学家之一撰写的及时而重要的书。这是埃文斯（Evans）关于哲学社会学和人类学的三部曲中的第二部，继续研究他最初关于多声体的论文-社会是由声音的大量相互作用构成的，这些声音通过各种话语对立和机构寻求可听性。在第二本书中再次展示了第一本书中带有该标题的非凡博学知识。这次，作者深入探讨了艺术史和批评以及当代政治理论，并发表了有关公共艺术的政治美学的原创文章。关于世界主义的第三卷正在编写中。