How to study art worlds : on the societal functioning of aesthetic values / Hans van Maanen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maanen, Hans van.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art and society.

Aesthetics--Social aspects.

Aesthetics.

Art--Philosophy.

Art.

Physical Description:

311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

[Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, [2009]

Summary:

For artists, graduate students, and scholars, Van Maanen (art and society, U. of Groningen, the Netherlands) examines how the organization of art worlds serves the functioning of the arts in society. He considers how George Dickie, Howard Becker, Pierre Bourdieu, Nathalie Heinich, Paul Dimaggio, Bruno Latour, and Niklas Luhmann approach the question of art's values and functions, and commonalities between them, then explores it further through the philosophies of Kant, Gadamer, Shusterman, and Schaeffer. He discusses questions like the roles of perception, imagination, and understanding; the importance of a disinterested and an interested perception; and the difference between the aesthetic and artistic; then describes the main processes according to which art worlds operate and allow art to function in society and how they form the processes for production, distribution, and reception of art. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-301) and index.

ISBN:

9789089641526

9089641521

9789048510900

9048510902

OCLC:

551398319