{"product_id":"art-politics-and-development-philipp-h-lepenies-9781439910849","title":"Art, Politics, and Development","description":"In his groundbreaking study, \u003ci\u003eArt, Politics and Development, \u003c\/i\u003ePhilipp 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.\u003ci\u003eArt, Politics, and Development\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the series \u003ci\u003ePolitics, History and Social Change\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by John C. Torpey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philipp H. Lepenies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439910847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439910849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2013 pg. 89","brand":"Philipp H. Lepenies","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45265046798591,"sku":"9781439910849","price":31.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2943ae17-1532-4161-86bc-5432ef1531f8.jpg?v=1713419991","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/art-politics-and-development-philipp-h-lepenies-9781439910849","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}