Art and Sustainability
Connecting Patterns for a Culture of Complexity
(2nd emended edition 2013)
What is the cultural dimension of sustainability? This book offers a thought-provoking answer, with a theoretical synthesis on »cultures of sustainability«. Describing how modernity degenerated into a culture of unsustainability, to which the arts are contributing, Sacha Kagan engages us in a fundamental rethinking of our ways of knowing and seeing the world. We must learn not to be afraid of complexity, and to re-awaken a sensibility to patterns that connect. With an overview of ecological art over the past 40 years, and a discussion of art and social change, the book assesses the potential role of art in a much needed transformation process.
Kapitel-Übersicht
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Frontmatter
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Contents
Seiten 5 - 6 -
Acknowledgements
Seiten 7 - 8 -
Introduction
Seiten 9 - 22 -
1. The Culture and Art of Unsustainability
Seiten 23 - 92 -
2. Toward Culture(s) of Sustainability, Step One: Systems Thinking and the Limits of Holism
Seiten 93 - 152 -
3. Toward Culture(s) of Sustainability, Step Two: From the 'Big Picture' to the Culture of Complexity
Seiten 153 - 216 -
4. Aesthetics of Sustainability
Seiten 217 - 268 -
5. Ecological Art
Seiten 269 - 344 -
6. Sustainability and Ecology as keywords: a decade of contemporary art
Seiten 345 - 398 -
7. Fostering Change: Art and Social Conventions
Seiten 399 - 460 -
Conclusion
Seiten 461 - 474 -
Appendices
Seiten 475 - 490 -
Bibliography
Seiten 491 - 514
27. März 2014, 514 Seiten
ISBN: 978-3-8394-1803-1
Dateigröße: 2.97 MB
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