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Table of Contents
Intro
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Figures
1 A Pragmatic Approach to Art
Let's Unwrap the Argument...
There Are Many Different Values, and New Ones Are Discovered Irregularly
Values Can Clash with Each Other, Sometimes Violently
Measuring Values Requires Engagement with Artistic Practices
Here Is How We Will Proceed
References
2 What Values Are, and How We Learn to Appreciate Them
Market Goods and Other People Are Essential
Values Are Embedded in Social Practices
The Context of Values Are Orders of Worth
The Values of a Hip-Hop Artist
Value Discovery
References
3 How Artists Imagine New Worlds
Forget the Solitary Genius, Artists Imagine Together
Artists Operate in Circles, Which Are Sustained Through Contributions
Circles Benefit From the Proximity of Circles in Neighboring Disciplines
Within Circles, Knowledge Is Generated, and Artists Imagine New Possibilities
Modernists Imagined Too Wildly, Postmodernists Too Ironically
A New Form of Imagination Is in the Making
Imaging and Living a Different Venice
Contemporary Imagination Is About the Development of Social Practices Which Embody Values
The Diversity of Social Practices Around the Arts Constitutes Cultural Civil Society
Cultural Civil Society Often Flies Under the Radar, but it Can Be Mapped
Cultural Civil Society Operates at the Intersection of the Private and the Public Sphere
Public Values Might Converge, but Co-Existence and Tolerance Are Primary
Making Space Means Fostering Diversity and Protecting Minorities
Making Space: Marginal Improvements
References
6 Epilogue: Imagining a Heterotopia
References
References
Index
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Figures
1 A Pragmatic Approach to Art
Let's Unwrap the Argument...
There Are Many Different Values, and New Ones Are Discovered Irregularly
Values Can Clash with Each Other, Sometimes Violently
Measuring Values Requires Engagement with Artistic Practices
Here Is How We Will Proceed
References
2 What Values Are, and How We Learn to Appreciate Them
Market Goods and Other People Are Essential
Values Are Embedded in Social Practices
The Context of Values Are Orders of Worth
The Values of a Hip-Hop Artist
Value Discovery
References
3 How Artists Imagine New Worlds
Forget the Solitary Genius, Artists Imagine Together
Artists Operate in Circles, Which Are Sustained Through Contributions
Circles Benefit From the Proximity of Circles in Neighboring Disciplines
Within Circles, Knowledge Is Generated, and Artists Imagine New Possibilities
Modernists Imagined Too Wildly, Postmodernists Too Ironically
A New Form of Imagination Is in the Making
Imaging and Living a Different Venice
Contemporary Imagination Is About the Development of Social Practices Which Embody Values
The Diversity of Social Practices Around the Arts Constitutes Cultural Civil Society
Cultural Civil Society Often Flies Under the Radar, but it Can Be Mapped
Cultural Civil Society Operates at the Intersection of the Private and the Public Sphere
Public Values Might Converge, but Co-Existence and Tolerance Are Primary
Making Space Means Fostering Diversity and Protecting Minorities
Making Space: Marginal Improvements
References
6 Epilogue: Imagining a Heterotopia
References
References
Index