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How to study art worlds : on the societal functioning of aesthetic values

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...

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Main Author: Maanen, Hans van (Author, VerfasserIn)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: [Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press , 2009
Online Access:http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/jstor-ebooks-art/www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt46n0p3
Related Items:Print version: How to study art worlds
Author Notes:Hans van Maanen
E-Book Packages:JSTOR E-Books in Art, Design and Photography
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Summary: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
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-301) and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (311 pages)
ISBN:9781282453777
9048510902
9089641521
1282453777
9789089641526
9789048510900