Provoking democracy : why we need the arts /
"Provoking Democracy makes an exciting and compelling new argument: that democracies require art - challenging art - to ensure that they are acting as free societies. In the twentieth century, democratic societies turned to dissenting and unpopular artists such as Jackson Pollock, Bertolt Brech...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Malden, MA :
Blackwell,
2007.
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| Series: | Blackwell manifestos.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Provoking Democracy makes an exciting and compelling new argument: that democracies require art - challenging art - to ensure that they are acting as free societies. In the twentieth century, democratic societies turned to dissenting and unpopular artists such as Jackson Pollock, Bertolt Brecht, D.H. Lawrence, and 2 Live Crew to prove their commitment to freedom from majority rule. Author Caroline Levine shows how artists in the tradition of the avant-garde may once again prove to be effective catalysts for contemporary change." "Moving beyond debates over obscenity, public funding and censorship, Provoking Democracy gets at art's value and purpose in democratic societies, concluding that the freest and fairest democracies need the provocations of art, just as the most rebellious artists need the protection of the democratic state."--Jacket |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 252 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-237) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780470692417 0470692413 9780470766255 0470766255 140515926X 9781405159265 1405159278 9781405159272 1281069523 9781281069528 9786611069520 6611069526 |