| Art and Sustainability: Connecting Patterns for a Culture of Complexity Contributor(s): Kagan, Sacha (Author) |
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ISBN: 383761803X ISBN-13: 9783837618037 Publisher: Transcript Publishing OUR PRICE: $54.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Criticism & Theory - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Nature | Ecology |
| Dewey: 701.18 |
| LCCN: 2011494505 |
| Series: Image |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.4" W x 8.8" (1.50 lbs) 514 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kagan, Sacha: - SachaKagan is a research associate at Leuphana University, Lueneburg, Germany. |