From Art to Politics How Artistic Creations Shape Political Conceptions

Name: From Art to Politics How Artistic Creations Shape Political Conceptions
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ISBN: 9780226184012

ISBN-10: 0226184013

ISBN-13: 9780226184012

Edition: 1996

Authors: Murray Edelman

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Murray Edelman holds a unique and distinguished position in American political science. For decades one of the few serious scholars to question dominant rational-choice interpretations of politics, Edelman looked instead to the powerful influence of signs, spectacles, and symbols--of culture--on political behavior and political institutions. His first, now classic, book, The Symbolic Uses of Politics, created paths of inquiry in political science, communication studies, and sociology that are still being explored today. In this book, Edelman continues his quest to understand the influence of perception on the political process by turning to the role of art. He argues that political ideas,…

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List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/1/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 162
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Conceptions


List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments



The Cardinal Political Role of Art



Art: Political Messages and Illusions



Art: Meanings, Constructions, Threats



Art: Transformations and Challenges



Architecture, Spaces, and Social Order



Art as a Component of Government



Contestable Categories and Public Opinion



A Reassessment of Influence on Public Policy



Some Concluding Reflections


Index