Art and Sustainability Connecting Patterns for a Culture of Complexity Sacha Kagan

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kagan, Sacha <p>Sacha Kagan, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Deutschland</p>, Author.

Series:

Image (Transcript (Firm)) ; Volume 25.

Image

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art.

Culture.

Sustainability.

Ecology.

Complexity.

Arts.

Nature.

Art History.

Human Ecology.

Fine Arts.

Local Subjects:

Art.

Culture.

Sustainability.

Ecology.

Complexity.

Arts.

Nature.

Art History.

Human Ecology.

Fine Arts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (515 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

Kagan, Art and Sustainability Connecting Patterns for a Culture of Complexity

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2014

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Sacha Kagan (Dr. phil.) was Research Associate for Cultural Mediation and Cultural Organization at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany. He publishes extensively in the field of art and sustainability.

Summary:

What is the cultural dimension of sustainability? This book offers a thought-provoking answer, with a theoretical synthesis on »cultures of sustainability«. Describing how modernity degenerated into a culture of unsustainability, to which the arts are contributing, Sacha Kagan engages us in a fundamental rethinking of our ways of knowing and seeing the world. We must learn not to be afraid of complexity, and to re-awaken a sensibility to patterns that connect. With an overview of ecological art over the past 40 years, and a discussion of art and social change, the book assesses the potential role of art in a much needed transformation process.

»Sacha Kagan's work is impressive in the breadth of concepts, names and theories, the depth of their study, the saturation of the empirical material.« (Aus dem Russischen übersetzt.)

»Kagan has done the scholarly sphere, and by association other spheres as well, invaluable service.«

Reviewed in:www.turbulence.org, 8 (2011)Oxford Art Journal, 35/1 (2012)International Journal of Cultural Policy, 1-3 (2012), George Kaye Oya, 9 (2011), Lara MallienKulturelle Bildung, 9 (2012)The Goose, 11 (2012), Anne MilneStradda, 25 (2012), Martina MartiInternational Sociology, 27/9 (2012), Diane Barthel-BouchierLaboratorium, 5/2 (2013)

»Sacha Kagan [...] presents a comprehensive and sophisticated analysis of the relationship between art and sustainability in the context of complexity theory.«

»Kagan beschäftigt sich mit der Frage nach der kulturellen Dimension von Nachhaltigkeit und gibt auf der Grundlage eines visionären Modells der ›Kulturen der Nachhaltigkeit‹ spannende Antworten. Der Autor lädt in einem Diskurs über Kunst und sozialen Wandel dazu ein, das eigene Bild davon, wie die Welt funktioniert, grundlegend in Frage zu stellen. Seine Botschaft: Keine Angst vor Komplexität, mehr Gespür für faszinierende Zusammenhänge.«

"Sacha Kagan's work is impressive in the breadth of concepts, names and theories, the depth of their study, the saturation of the empirical material." (translated from Russian)

"Kagan has done the scholarly sphere, and by association other spheres as well, invaluable service."

Reviewed in:International Journal of Cultural Policy, 1-3 (2012), George KayeThe Goose, 11 (2012), Anne MilneLaboratorium, 5/2 (2013)

"Sacha Kagan [...] presents a comprehensive and sophisticated analysis of the relationship between art and sustainability in the context of complexity theory."

Contents:

1 Contents 5 Acknowledgements 7 Introduction 9 1. The Culture and Art of Unsustainability 23 2. Toward Culture(s) of Sustainability, Step One: Systems Thinking and the Limits of Holism 93 3. Toward Culture(s) of Sustainability, Step Two: From the 'Big Picture' to the Culture of Complexity 153 4. Aesthetics of Sustainability 217 5. Ecological Art 269 6. Sustainability and Ecology as keywords: a decade of contemporary art 345 7. Fostering Change: Art and Social Conventions 399 Conclusion 461 Appendices 475 Bibliography 491

Notes:

[2nd emended edition 2013]

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783839418031

3839418038

OCLC:

979908567