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The Social Organization of Arts

A Theoretical Compendium
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 2025

Summary

In recent decades, social and economic changes have brought about a growing awareness of the role of art and culture in society. As a result, scholars have turned their attention to a sociological view of arts, developing hermeneutic approaches and conducting empirical research that have led to a wealth of insights into the organization of arts. These studies of the creation, production, distribution, evaluation and consumption of arts are clearly sociological, but they include approaches from other disciplines, notably arts management studies and cultural policy research. Volker Kirchberg and Tasos Zembylas critically discuss seven major theories of the social organization of arts in Western societies, with the aim of encouraging further research and theoretical developments.

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Bibliographic data

Edition
1/2025
Copyright Year
2025
ISBN-Print
978-3-8376-7284-8
ISBN-Online
978-3-8394-7284-2
Publisher
mdwPress, Bielefeld
Language
German
Pages
274
Product Type
Monograph

Table of contents

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  1. FrontmatterPages 1 - 6
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  2. ContentsPages 7 - 10
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  3. PrefacePages 11 - 12
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  4. Chapter 1 IntroductionPages 13 - 28
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  5. Chapter 2 Art Worlds as CollectivesPages 31 - 50
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  6. Chapter 3 Fields of Cultural ProductionPages 51 - 70
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  7. Chapter 4 The Organization of Art as a Social SystemPages 71 - 94
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  8. Chapter 5 A Comparative Discussion of the Theories of Becker, Bourdieu and LuhmannPages 95 - 114
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  9. Chapter 6 The Production of Culture PerspectivePages 117 - 136
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  10. Chapter 7 Sociological Neo-Institutionalism: Organization of Arts as a Social ConstructionPages 137 - 158
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  11. Chapter 8 Cultural Institutions StudiesPages 159 - 180
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  12. Chapter 9 Comparing the Production of Culture Perspective, the Sociological Neo-Institutionalism and the Cultural Institutions StudiesPages 181 - 200
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  13. Chapter 10 Networking the Arts – Going Beyond the Discussed TheoriesPages 201 - 214
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  14. ReferencesPages 217 - 254
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  15. List of FiguresPages 255 - 256
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  16. Name IndexPages 257 - 260
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  17. Subject IndexPages 261 - 272
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  18. About mdwPressPages 273 - 274
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