On Serbia & Europe, Philosophy & Poetry: An Interview with Bogdana Koljević
If it is a poetry that stirs up political emotions, then I am against it. The reason is rather simple: if political emotions prevail to political reason then one can easily slide off the track of reasonable judgment and thinking. I believe poetry here should come as close to Aristotle’s definition of it as possible — led by a special kind of mimesis and in proximity to “political realism” and truth of events that looks into the future. Inasmuch as politics is “the art of the possible”, (engaged) poetry is “the politics of the possible.”
Steven Fowler discusses politics and the role of public intellectuals as political creators with the philosopher Bogdana Koljević.