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February 6, 2026Culture Studies &#x2194 Critical Methodologies

Sovereignty and the Power Aesthetics of Racism

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GMGeorge Mentore

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This essay explores how normative aesthetics shapes perceptions of racialized subjectivity, suggesting deeper implications for understanding sovereignty.

Key Points

  • The essay examines the interplay between sovereign power and racialized subjectivity within normative aesthetics.
  • Philosophical analysis of modern sensibility
  • Discussion of normative aesthetics and its impact on identity
  • Exploration of emotions like shame and desire in relation to beauty standards
  • Identifies the challenge in moving beyond sovereign power despite its coercive violence.
  • Reveals how normative aesthetics influences oppressed groups to internalize feelings of inferiority.
  • Highlights the tension between shame and the pursuit of conventional beauty.

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George Mentore (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698585678f7c464f23008c24https://doi.org/10.1177/15327086261423835
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