Engaging Art explores what it means to participate in the arts in contemporary society - from museum attendance to music downloading. Drawing on the perspectives of experts from diverse fields (including Princeton scholars Robert Wuthnow and Paul DiMaggio; Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice; and MIT scholars Henry Jenkins and Mark Schuster), this volume analyzes key trends involving technology, audience demographics, religion, and the rise of "do-it-yourself" participatory culture. Commissioned by The Wallace Foundation and independently carried out by the...
Engaging Art explores what it means to participate in the arts in contemporary society - from museum attendance to music downloading. Draw...
Engaging Art explores what it means to participate in the arts in contemporary society - from museum attendance to music downloading. Drawing on the perspectives of experts from diverse fields (including Princeton scholars Robert Wuthnow and Paul DiMaggio; Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice; and MIT scholars Henry Jenkins and Mark Schuster), this volume analyzes key trends involving technology, audience demographics, religion, and the rise of "do-it-yourself" participatory culture. Commissioned by The Wallace Foundation and independently carried out by the...
Engaging Art explores what it means to participate in the arts in contemporary society - from museum attendance to music downloading. Draw...
..".charming, poignant, and moving, while being thought provoking and truth revealing...enjoyable reading for all. More importantly, it will further the reach of the Gospel of our Lord and bring glory and honor to Him." Mary Perdue, former First Lady of Georgia *** "KNOW LOVE is a book about Life and the high octane fuel of love..". which ..".lays a strong foundation of passion and love we all relate to..".and is..."filled with the power and Presence of God's Spirit... I had been so depressed and just unable to function, and then I received this book. It was no accident. I have read many...
..".charming, poignant, and moving, while being thought provoking and truth revealing...enjoyable reading for all. More importantly, it will further t...
America has survived an economic near-disaster. While the state of employment and housing will one day improve, we will never return to the delusional prosperity that defined the first decade of the 21st century. Progressives should hold the key to quality of life in our coming post-consumerist society, but today Democrats have become timid, our vision of the good life marginalized by three decades of partisan attacks and the think tank-induced assumption that an unfettered marketplace, low taxes, and international adventurism will somehow give us an America capable of inspiring the world....
America has survived an economic near-disaster. While the state of employment and housing will one day improve, we will never return to the delusional...
Featuring chapters from social scientists directly engaged with the process, this volume offers a concise introduction to the U.S. military's effort to account for culture and increase its cultural capacity over the last decade. Contributors to this work consider some of the key challenges, lessons learned, and the limits of such efforts.
Featuring chapters from social scientists directly engaged with the process, this volume offers a concise introduction to the U.S. military's effort t...
In Folklore, Bill Ivey, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, argues that the world today is being reshaped by the end of the Enlightenment. In the 18th and 19th century, imperialism and colonialism spread Enlightenment values around the world. Through the 20th century, civilization believed this universal commitment to human rights would be permanent. Today that assumption is under threat everywhere. Contemporary public intellectuals have entirely missed this truth, leading them to offer incomplete or unhelpful analyses of the current global situation, and inadequate...
In Folklore, Bill Ivey, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, argues that the world today is being reshaped by the end of the Enl...
