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Art, Education, and the Democratic Commitment

A Defense of State Support for the Arts

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Authors:
  1. David T. Schwartz

    1. Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg, USA

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Part of the book series: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture (PSCC, volume 7)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • David T. Schwartz
    Pages 1-11

  3. The Tradition of Subsidy: Art and Cultural Perfection

    • David T. Schwartz
    Pages 13-44

  4. The Commitment to Democracy

    • David T. Schwartz
    Pages 45-66

  5. Empathy, Interpretation, and Judgment: The Case for Art

    • David T. Schwartz
    Pages 67-110

  6. The Politics of Subsidy

    • David T. Schwartz
    Pages 111-140

  7. Public Policies and Conclusions

    • David T. Schwartz
    Pages 141-162

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 163-181
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About this book

In reflecting on this book and the process of writing it, the most pervasive theme I find is that of confluence. I drew much of the energy needed to write the book from the energy that resides at the confluence, or nexus, of contrasting ideas. At the most general level, the topic of arts subsidy offered a means of exploring simultaneously two of my favorite philosophical subjects-aesthetics and politics. The risk of a dual focus is of course that you do neither topic justice. However, the bigger payoff of this strategy resides in finding new and interesting connections between two otherwise disparate topics. Developing such connections between art and politics led directly to many of the book's positive arguments for subsidy. At a deeper level, the book exploits a confluence of contrasting philosophical methodologies. The central problem of the book­ politically justifying state support of the arts-is cast in the Anglo­ American tradition of analytical philosophy. Here normative arguments of ethics and politics are scrutinized with an eye toward developing a defensible justification of state action. Yet while the book initially situates the subsidy problem within this analytical tradition, its positive arguments for subsidy draw heavily from the ideas and methods of Continental philosophy. Rather than adjudicating normative claims of ethical and political ttuth, the Continental tradition aims at the hermeneutical task of interpreting and describing sttuctures of human meaning.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Lynchburg, USA

    David T. Schwartz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Art, Education, and the Democratic Commitment

  • Book Subtitle: A Defense of State Support for the Arts

  • Authors: David T. Schwartz

  • Series Title: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9444-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6292-0Published: 30 April 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5450-0Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-9444-8Published: 14 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0928-9518

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-1753

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 181

  • Topics: Political Philosophy, Aesthetics, Philosophy, general, Fine Arts, Political Science

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