Culture is not an industry : reclaiming art and culture for the common good /
O'Connor, Justin,
Culture is not an industry : reclaiming art and culture for the common good / Justin O'Connor. - 304 pages : illustrations (black and white). - Manchester capitalism . - Manchester capitalism. .
Introduction: culture and democracy -- 1 Creative industries -- 2 Culture goes missing -- 3 Necessity or luxury? -- 4 Culture and the social foundations -- 5 Cultural infrastructures -- 6 Culture and economy
Culture is not and industry argues that art and culture in the UK need to renew their social contract and re-align with the radical agenda for a more equitable future. Bold and uncompromising, the book offers a powerful vision for change. -- . Culture is at the heart to what it means to be human. But twenty-five years ago, the British government rebranded art and culture as 'creative industries', valued for their economic contribution, and set out to launch the UK as the creative workshop of a globalised world. Where does that leave art and culture now? Facing exhausted workers and a lack of funding and vision, culture finds itself in the grip of accountancy firms, creativity gurus and Ted Talkers. At a time of sweeping geo-political turmoil, culture has been de-politicised, its radical energies reduced to factors of industrial production. This book is about what happens when an essential part of our democratic citizenship, fundamental to our human rights, is reduced to an industry. Culture is not an industry argues that art and culture need to renew their social contract and re-align with the radical agenda for a more equitable future. Bold and uncompromising, the book offers a powerful vision for change.
9781526171269 (pbk.) : No price
Politics and culture--History--Great Britain--21st century.
Cultural industries--Great Britain.
Society & culture: general
Cultural studies
The arts
Political economy
United Kingdom, Great Britain
Politics & government
Social & political philosophy
Media studies
Central / national / federal government policies
Society.
Great Britain--Intellectual life.
Great Britain--Civilization.
Great Britain--Cultural policy--History--21st century.
DA589.4 / .O2 2024
306.09410905
Culture is not an industry : reclaiming art and culture for the common good / Justin O'Connor. - 304 pages : illustrations (black and white). - Manchester capitalism . - Manchester capitalism. .
Introduction: culture and democracy -- 1 Creative industries -- 2 Culture goes missing -- 3 Necessity or luxury? -- 4 Culture and the social foundations -- 5 Cultural infrastructures -- 6 Culture and economy
Culture is not and industry argues that art and culture in the UK need to renew their social contract and re-align with the radical agenda for a more equitable future. Bold and uncompromising, the book offers a powerful vision for change. -- . Culture is at the heart to what it means to be human. But twenty-five years ago, the British government rebranded art and culture as 'creative industries', valued for their economic contribution, and set out to launch the UK as the creative workshop of a globalised world. Where does that leave art and culture now? Facing exhausted workers and a lack of funding and vision, culture finds itself in the grip of accountancy firms, creativity gurus and Ted Talkers. At a time of sweeping geo-political turmoil, culture has been de-politicised, its radical energies reduced to factors of industrial production. This book is about what happens when an essential part of our democratic citizenship, fundamental to our human rights, is reduced to an industry. Culture is not an industry argues that art and culture need to renew their social contract and re-align with the radical agenda for a more equitable future. Bold and uncompromising, the book offers a powerful vision for change.
9781526171269 (pbk.) : No price
Politics and culture--History--Great Britain--21st century.
Cultural industries--Great Britain.
Society & culture: general
Cultural studies
The arts
Political economy
United Kingdom, Great Britain
Politics & government
Social & political philosophy
Media studies
Central / national / federal government policies
Society.
Great Britain--Intellectual life.
Great Britain--Civilization.
Great Britain--Cultural policy--History--21st century.
DA589.4 / .O2 2024
306.09410905