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  • © 1997

Social Theories of Art

A Critique

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  1. Ian Heywood
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Ian Heywood
    Pages 1-8

  3. Art’s World and the Social World

    • Ian Heywood
    Pages 9-29

  4. Towards a Critical Sociology of Art?

    • Ian Heywood
    Pages 30-45

  7. Fields, Movements and Histories

    • Ian Heywood
    Pages 85-104

  8. Varieties of Theory and Practice

    • Ian Heywood
    Pages 105-130

  9. Reflection, Theory and Language

    • Ian Heywood
    Pages 131-152

  11. Language and the Singularity of Art

    • Ian Heywood
    Pages 171-187

  12. Conclusion: The Point of Aporiai

    • Ian Heywood
    Pages 188-196

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 197-230
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This elegantly written book explores the tension between the theory and practice of art, taking issue with the approaches of the New Art History and its deconstructionist critics. It critically examines influential social theories of art from the viewpoint of the artworlds they target and, through a consideration of work by Rorty, Bauman, Gadamer and others, develops a new and fruitful set of connections between ethical, social and art theory that gives central importance to reflexivity as a living and problematic, as well as a theoretical, concept.
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