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How to Study Art Worlds: On the Societal Functioning of Aesthetic Values - Softcover

Maanen, Hans Van

 
9789089641526: How to Study Art Worlds: On the Societal Functioning of Aesthetic Values
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9089641521 ISBN 13: 9789089641526
Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

This necessary and thought-provoking study brings together the organisational side of the world of the arts and the understanding of the many functions art fulfi lls in our culture. The author sets out to establish how the organisation of art worlds serves the functioning of the arts in society. The book is divided into three sections, the first of which presents a comparative study of approaches to the art world as practiced by Dickie, Becker, Bourdieu, Heinich, and Luhmann, among others. The second part focuses on the philosphical debates concerning ‘aesthetic experience’. Besides Kant, scholars such as Gadamer, Foster, Shustermann, Schaeffer and Carroll come to the fore. In the third part, the author traces the consequences of these theoretical approaches for the organization of art world practices.

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About the Author

Hans van Maanen is professor of art and society at the University of Groningen and member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Cultural Policy.

From the Back Cover

In deze studie onderzoekt Hans van Maanen hoe de organisatie van kunstwerelden het functioneren van kunst in de maatschappij ondersteunt en mogelijk maakt. Hij bespreekt en vergelijkt verschillende benaderingen (van Dickie, Becker, Bourdieu, Heinich en anderen) op de kunstwereld. Vervolgens gaat hij in op het kunstfi losofi - sche debat en vooral d

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This necessary and thought-provoking study brings together the organisational side of the world of the arts and the understanding of the many functions art fulfi lls in our culture. The author sets out to establish how the organisation of art worlds serves the functioning of the arts in society. The book is divided into three sections, the first of which presents a comparative study of approaches to the art world as practiced by Dickie, Becker, Bourdieu, Heinich, and Luhmann, among others. The second part focuses on the philosphical debates concerning aesthetic experience . Besides Kant, scholars such as Gadamer, Foster, Shustermann, Schaeffer and Carroll come to the fore. In the third part, the author traces the consequences of these theoretical approaches for the organization of art world practices.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9089641521
ISBN 13 
9789089641526
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
312