The Social Impact of the Arts

An Intellectual History

• Author(s): Eleonora Belfiore, Oliver Bennett,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 248
• ISBN_10: 0230227775
  ISBN_13: 9780230227774
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / Semiotics & Theory , Social Science / General , Social Science / Media Studies , Art / Criticism & Theory , Social Science / Sociology / General , Science / History , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Art / Techniques / General , History / Social History ,

Description:... An intellectual history of contrasting ideas around the power of the arts to bring about personal and societal change - for better and worse. A fascinating account of the value and functions of the arts in society, in both the private sphere of individual emotions and self-development and public sphere of politics and social distinction.