Art, Politics, and Development /

In his groundbreaking study, Art, Politics, and Development, Philipp Lepenies contributes to the ongoing controversy about why the track record of development aid is so dismal. He asserts that development aid policies are grounded in a specific way of literally looking at the world. This worldview i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lepenies, Philipp, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Konst och samhälle > historia.
Progress.
Civilization, Western > History.
Art and society > Western countries > History.
Perspective > History.
Perspective.
Civilization, Western.
Art and society.
Developing countries.
Developed countries.
Western countries.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:In his groundbreaking study, Art, Politics, and Development, Philipp Lepenies contributes to the ongoing controversy about why the track record of development aid is so dismal. He asserts that development aid policies are grounded in a specific way of literally looking at the world. This worldview is the result of a mental conditioning that began with the invention of linear perspective in Renaissance art. It not only triggered the emergence of modern science and brought forth our Western notion of progress, but ultimately, development as well. Art, Politics, and Development examines this process by pulling from a range of disciplines, including art history, philosophy, literature, and social science. Lepenies not only explains the shortcomings of modern aid in a novel fashion, he also proposes how aid could be done differently. Philipp H. Lepenies is Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam, Germany. Publisher's note.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (214 pages): illustrations ;
ISBN:9781439910863

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