Poets of the world unite - with philosophers, against the capitalist state

Poetry’s current marginalisation as a cultural practice requires
an explanation beyond the artform’s economic value. If seen from a
Platonic prism that separates it from philosophy, poetry can be seen in
terms of its relationship with the political, a relationship which has been
dramatically reconfigured and weakened during modernity. This essay is
an investigation of the contentions and correspondences between poetry,
philosophy and politics in the age of capitalism. My aim is to dissect this
tripartite construct, and to conclude by proposing a way of thinking about
poetry’s – and also philosophy’s – renewal in concert with a revolutionary
opposition to capitalism.