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9780742517417

Is Art Good for Us? Beliefs about High Culture in American Life

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  • ISBN13:

    9780742517417

  • ISBN10:

    0742517411

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-04-08
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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Summary

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. 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. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Author Biography

Joli Jensen is professor of communication at the University of Tulsa

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Introduction: Is Art Good for Us?p. 1
Exemplary Voices: Tocqueville, Whitman, and Mumfordp. 11
Arts for Renewal, Revolution, Conservation, and Subversionp. 75
Art as Antidote: The Mass Culture Debatesp. 109
Art as Elixir: Contemporary Arts Discoursep. 141
Art as Experience: John Dewey's Aestheticsp. 169
Conclusion: The Value of Expressive Logicp. 195
Bibliographyp. 209
Indexp. 217
About the Authorp. 231
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