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- ISBN: 9780230572553 | 0230572553
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 10/15/2008
An intellectual history of contrasting ideas around the power of the arts to bring about personal and societal change - for better and worse. A fascinating account of the value and functions of the arts in society, in both the private sphere of individual emotions and self-development and public sphere of politics and social distinction.