Art in public : politics, economics, and a democratic culture / / Lambert Zuidervaart [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785499403321
• Autore: Zuidervaart Lambert
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011
• 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
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 338 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 700.1/03
• Soggetti: Government aid to the arts; Democracy and the arts; Arts and society; Relational art
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Feb 2016).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.