Art, Politics, and Development (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781439910849)

In his groundbreaking study, Art, Politics and Development, Philipp Lepenies contributes to the ongoing controversy about why the track record of development aid is so dismal. He asserts that development aid policies are grounded in a specific way of literally looking at the world. This "worldview" is the result of a mental conditioning that began with the invention of linear perspective in Renaissance art. It not only triggered the emergence of modern science and brought forth our Western notion of progress, but ultimately, development as well.Art, Politics, and Development examines this process by pulling from a range of disciplines, including art history, philosophy, literature, and social science. Lepenies not only explains the shortcomings of modern aid in a novel fashion, he also proposes how aid could be done differently.

In the series Politics, History and Social Change, edited by John C. Torpey

Author: Philipp H. Lepenies
ISBN-10: 1439910847
ISBN-13: 9781439910849
Publisher: Temple University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2013
Pages: 214
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 10/01/2013 pg. 89