Lambert Zuidervaart

Art in Public

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a vigorous case for the arts, arguing for their crucial political, cultural and economic contributions to civil society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 664g
• ISBN-13: 9780521112741
• ISBN-10: 0521112745
• Artikelnr.: 30977276

Autorenporträt

Lambert Zuidervaart is an emeritus professor of philosophy at the Institute for Christian Studies and the University of Toronto and a visiting scholar at Calvin University. He is the author of nine books in philosophy, including Artistic Truth, Social Philosophy after Adorno, and Religion, Truth, and Social Transformation. A resident of West Michigan, he sings in the Chamber Choir of Grand Rapids and two church choirs. His memoir Dog-Kissed Tears also appeared with Wipf and Stock.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Double Deficit: 1. Culture wars
2. What good is art?
3. Just art?
Part II. Civil Society: 4. Public sphere
5. Civic sector
6. Countervailing forces
Part III. Modernism Remixed: 7. Relational autonomy
8. Authenticity and responsibility
9. Democratic culture
10. Transforming cultural policy.

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Part I. Double Deficit: 1. Culture wars; 2. What good is art?; 3. Just art?; Part II. Civil Society: 4. Public sphere; 5. Civic sector; 6. Countervailing forces; Part III. Modernism Remixed: 7. Relational autonomy; 8. Authenticity and responsibility; 9. Democratic culture; 10. Transforming cultural policy.

Rezensionen

'[Zuidervaart] succinctly summarizes most major arguments in support of cultural goods or public art in economics and criticizes mundane economic arguments through thought-provoking philosophical contemplation.' Byung-Hee Soh, Journal of Cultural Economics