Art in public : politics, economics, and a democratic culture / Lambert Zuidervaart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zuidervaart, Lambert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government aid to the arts.

Democracy and the arts.

Arts and society.

Relational art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 338 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines fundamental questions about funding for the arts: why should governments provide funding for the arts? What do the arts contribute to daily life? Do artists and their publics have a social responsibility? Challenging questionable assumptions about the state, the arts and a democratic society, Lambert Zuidervaart presents a vigorous case for government funding, based on crucial contributions the arts make to civil society. He argues that the arts contribute to democratic communication and a social economy, fostering the critical and creative dialogue that a democratic society needs. Informed by the author's experience leading a non-profit arts organisation as well as his expertise in the arts, humanities and social sciences, this book proposes an entirely new conception of the public role of art with wide-ranging implications for education, politics and cultural policy.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Feb 2016).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-21263-4

0-511-85269-X

1-282-91746-3

9786612917462

0-511-76034-5

0-511-93151-4

0-511-93285-5

0-511-92766-5

0-511-92512-3

0-511-93017-8

OCLC:

692157005