Reflections on cultural policy : past, present, and future / edited by Evan Alderson, Robin Blaser, and Harold Coward ; essays by Robin Blaser. ... [et al].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alderson, Evan.

Blaser, Robin.

Coward, Harold G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural policy.

Art and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press for Calgary Institute for the Humanities, c1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book looks at the roles various world views have played in generating cultural policies at various times in Western history. Evan Alderson's introduction places the work within its social, political and historical framework. Robin Blaser addresses the problem of how we can begin to locate a responsible cultural position at the present time. The volume's historical progression begins with John Humphrey looking at the relation of arts and state in Imperial Rome. Haijo Westra focusses on the relation of language and culture in the medieval world.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; About the Authors; Introduction; 1. The Recovery of the Public World; PART I: Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Worldviews and Cultural Policies; PART II: Modern Worldviews and Cultural Policies; PART III: Postmodern Worldviews and Cultural Policies; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780889209015

0889209014

OCLC:

753479449