Terror and the Sublime in Art and Critical Theory: From Auschwitz to Hiroshima to September 11Terror and the Sublime in Art and Critical Theory penetrates the dense historical knots binding terror, power, and the aesthetic sublime. These twelve collected essays trace transformations in art and critical theory in the aftermath of Auschwitz and Hiroshima. Critically engaging with continental thinkers Theodor W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin, and Jacques Derrida, and contemporary artists Joseph Beuys, Damien Hirst, and Boaz Arad, this book offers