A major issue in the relation of art to the rest of society is the question of how art penetrates politics. From the perspective of most art scholars, this is a question of aesthetics whether politics necessarily pollutes and debases the quality of the arts. From the perspective of social science, it has been primarily a question of meaning how political messages are conveyed through artistic media.
Recent work has begun to broaden the study of the arts and politics beyond semiosis and content focus. Several strands of scholarship are converging around the general issue of the...
A major issue in the relation of art to the rest of society is the question of how art penetrates politics. From the perspective of most art schola...
