Art and Sustainability

Connecting Patterns for a Culture of Complexity

von Sacha Kagan

514 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Image
• ISBN: 9783837618037
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.06.2011
• Genre: Geisteswissenschaften allgemein
• Verlag: transcript