How to Study Art Worlds: On the Societal Functioning of Aesthetic Values

Author:   Hans van Maanen
Publisher:   Amsterdam University Press
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9789089641526


Pages:   312
Publication Date:   29 September 2009
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Hans van Maanen
Publisher:   Amsterdam University Press
Imprint:   Amsterdam University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.524kg
ISBN:  

9789089641526


ISBN 10:   9089641521
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   29 September 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Adult education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents - 7 Introduction - 9 1. The Institutional Th eory of George Dickie - 19 2. The Institutionalist Pragmatism of Howard S. Becker and Paul Dimaggio - 33 3. Pierre Bourdieu's Grand Th eory of the Artistic Field - 55 4. From Theory to the Methodology of Singularity: Bruno Latour and Nathalie Heinich - 85 5. Niklas Luhmann's System of Artistic Communications - 107 6. How Art Worlds Help the Arts to Function - 127 7. What Philosophers Say that the Arts Do - 151 8. Foundations for the Functioning of Art Systems - 209 9. How Distribution Conditions the Functioning of Art - 243 10. How Aesthetic Values Become Contextualized - 277 Epilogue: For a Second Life of Artistic Experiences - 293 References - 297 Index - 305

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This study stands on the highest level of commentary in this area and will be taken as a primary source of reference for the study of the art world and sociology of art in general; therefore it would be a mandatory purchase for any university that has an arts and humanity faculty; and it is also an important individual reference text book for both graduate students and academics. --Jonathan Vickery, University of Warwick<br><br>--Jonathan Vickery


This study stands on the highest level of commentary in this area and will be taken as a primary source of reference for the study of the art world and sociology of art in general; therefore it would be a mandatory purchase for any university that has an arts and humanity faculty; and it is also an important individual reference text book for both graduate students and academics. --Jonathan Vickery, University of Warwick


This study stands on the highest level of commentary in this area and will be taken as a primary source of reference for the study of the art world and sociology of art in general; therefore it would be a mandatory purchase for any university that has an arts and humanity faculty; and it is also an important individual reference text book for both graduate students and academics. --Jonathan Vickery, University of Warwick This study stands on the highest level of commentary in this area and will be taken as a primary source of reference for the study of the art world and sociology of art in general; therefore it would be a mandatory purchase for any university that has an arts and humanity faculty; and it is also an important individual reference text book for both graduate students and academics. --Jonathan Vickery, University of Warwick


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Hans van Maanen is professor of art and society at the University of Groningen and member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Cultural Policy.

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