Creative rebellion for the twenty-first century
Subtitle: the importance of public and interactive art to political life in America
By: Diana Boros
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780230338791
Subjects: Public art; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies; ART / American / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory; Interactive art; Political participation
Description: "Employing political philosophy to argue the need for social and public art projects to be a part of the everyday lives of Americans, Boros creates a new synthesis of philosophical ideas to support the political value of public art. The author endeavors to add to the ongoing discussions regarding the foundations of democracy, engages in groundbreaking new ways the works of key political philosophers, and promotes public art as a way to re-invigorate our everyday public experiences, and to re-engage people in their communities. "--

"This book uses political philosophy to support an increase in public and socially interactive art projects in the everyday lives of Americans. This book will appeal to those who are interested in both the precursors to public and political participation, and in the power of art and creativity to transform, inspire, and empower. This book endeavors to add to the ongoing discussions regarding the foundations of democracy, engages in groundbreaking new ways the ideas of key political philosophers, and promotes public and interactive art as a way to invigorate our daily public experiences, and to engage people in their communities"--
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Everyday Rebellion: Using Tocqueville to Argue the Need for a Revitalization of American society and Democracy through Art * The Coupling of the Dionysian and the Apollonian: The Evolution of Nietzsche's Definition of Transcendent Art * Camus and the Transformative Nature of Art: Art and Public Art as Invigorating Encounter.