Art and the Challenge of Markets Volume 2 - From Commodification of Art to Artistic Critiques of Capitalism (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)

Art and the Challenge of Markets Volumes 1 & 2 examine the politics of art and culture in light of the profound changes that have taken place in the world order since the 1980s and 1990s. The contributors explore how in these two decades, the neoliberal or market-based model of capitalism started to spread from the economic realm to other areas of society. As a result, many aspects of contemporary Western societies increasingly function in the same way as the private enterprise sector under traditional market capitalism. This second volume analyses the relationships of art with contemporary capitalist economies and instrumentalist cultural policies, and examines several varieties of capitalist-critical and alternative art forms that exist in today's art worlds. It also addresses the vexed issues of art controversies and censorship. The chapters cover issues such as the culturalization of the economy, aesthetics and anti-aesthetics, the societal benefits of works of art, art's responsibility to society, "artivism", activist arts as protest and capitalism-critical works, and controversies over nudity in art, as well as considering the marketisation of emerging visual arts worlds in East Asia. The book ends with the a concluding chapter suggesting that even in today's marketized and commercialized environments, art will find a way. Both volumes provide students and scholars across a range of disciplines with an incisive, comparative overview of the politics of art and culture and national, international and transnational art worlds in contemporary capitalism.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Sociology of the Arts
Release date:	June 2019
First published:	2018
Editors:	Victoria D. Alexander • Samuli Hagg • Simo Hayrynen • Erkki Sevanen
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	328
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-87842-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Globalization Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Religious groups Promotions
LSN:	3-319-87842-5
Barcode:	9783319878423

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