Are the arts good for us? This book questions our taken-for-granted
assumptions about the transformational powers of high culture by
critiquing an instrumental American heritage of beliefs about the
arts. Jensen argues that faith in high culture's unproven ability
to transform people and society allows social critics to keep faith
with the idea of a democratic society while deploring popular
culture. Employing perspectives from Tocqueville and Dewey, she
argues that the arts are good, but they don't do good. Instead of
expecting the arts to improve things (and blaming the media for
ruining them) we need to recognize that it is up to us, not "the
arts" to make the world a better place.
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