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Art and sustainability : connecting patterns for a culture of complexity / Sacha Kagan.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Summary language: German Series: Image (Transcript (Firm)) ; v. 25.Publication details: Bielefeld : Transcript ; New Brunswick, U.S.A. : [Distributed by] Transaction Publishers, ©2011.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783839418031
  • 3839418038
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Art and sustainability.DDC classification:
  • 770 23
LOC classification:
  • N72.S6 K223 2011
Online resources: Summary: 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.
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Appendix 2 in German.

Originally presented as the author's thesis--Leuphana University Lüneburg, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-513).

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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.

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