Screen LibraryArt in public：politics, economics, and a democratic culture
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 338 p.: ; 23 cm. |
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9780521112741 0521112745 9780521130172 (pbk.) 0521130174 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | J0 |
| CLC: | J0-05 |
| Call Number: | J0-05/Z945 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Double deficit. Culture wars -- What good is art? -- Just art? -- Civil Society. Public sphere -- Civic sector -- Countervailing forces -- Modernism Remixed. Relational autonomy -- Authenticity and responsibility -- Democratic culture -- Transforming cultural policy. "This book presents a vigorous case for the arts, arguing for their crucial political, cultural, and economic contributions to civil society"-- "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 soc |