{"product_id":"art-politics-and-development-hardback-9781439910849","title":"Art, Politics, and Development (Hardback) 9781439910849","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eArt, Politics, and Development\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhilipp H Lepenies (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781439910849\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 November 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e214 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the series \u003ci\u003ePolitics, History and Social Change\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by John C. Torpey\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePreface\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Perspective: A Window to the World and to the Future\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePERSPECTIVE\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMedieval Art, Optics, and Perspectives  •\u003cbr\u003e The Invention of Perspective: The Mirror  •\u003cbr\u003e From the “\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntercisione\u003c\/i\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e to the Vanishing Point •\u003cbr\u003e The Window •\u003cbr\u003e The Role of Mathematics •\u003cbr\u003e Rediscovery or Invention\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAnticipation of a New Weltanschauung: Transgressing Medieval Boundaries\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Iconic Gaze •\u003cbr\u003e The Window Revisited •\u003cbr\u003e Iconic Space, Subjective Objectivity, and the Invention of Infinity •\u003cbr\u003e Friction with Religion •\u003cbr\u003e The Artist as Creator •\u003cbr\u003e The Horizon •\u003cbr\u003e The World and the Future •\u003cbr\u003e A Case in Point: The\u003ci\u003e CittÀ\u003cbr\u003e Ideale of Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. From Art to Worldview\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Disenchantment of the Physical World\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Universe Open to Our Gaze •\u003cbr\u003e The Order to Conquer Nature •\u003cbr\u003e Everything Has a Mathematical Counterpart •\u003cbr\u003e The Predictable Universe •\u003cbr\u003e Control through Calculation \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eToward a New Horizon: The Discovery of Linear Time and the Idea of Progress\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Threat of Doomsday Comes to an End •\u003cbr\u003e Circularity and Linearity •\u003cbr\u003e Progress as the Advancement of Knowledge •\u003cbr\u003e Turgot and the Progress of the Human Mind\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCondorcet: From the Linear Perspective Worldview to the Development Mind-set\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA Life of Science, Action, and Tragedy •\u003cbr\u003e Social Mathematics •\u003cbr\u003e The Esquisse: The Philosophy of Future Progress •\u003cbr\u003e The Future and \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ethe Others •\u003cbr\u003e Mathematics, the Future, and Action\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Notion of the “\u003cbr\u003eOther”\u003cbr\u003e prior to the\u003ci\u003e Esquisse\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAlternative Views of Otherness •\u003cbr\u003e Slavery and the SociÉ\u003cbr\u003etÉ\u003cbr\u003e des Amis des Noirs \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Development Mind-set Further Concretized: The Idea of Civilizing and Civilization\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Meaning of Civilization •\u003cbr\u003e The Destiny of All Nations •\u003cbr\u003e The Need for Education and Educators •\u003cbr\u003e Civilizing by Teaching Perspective\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLinear Perspective and the Development Mind-set: A Summary of Key Concepts\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Modern Development\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Contemporary Development Mind-set\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eUs and Them •\u003cbr\u003e Endless and Dynamic Progress •\u003cbr\u003e The Aim of All Aid\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eEducating the “\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOthers\u003c\/i\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDevelopment as Knowledge Transfer •\u003cbr\u003e Knowledge Transfer in Historical Perspective\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe “\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRage de Vouloir Conclure\u003c\/i\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eKnowledge Transfer as a Hindrance to Development and Change •\u003cbr\u003e The Visiting Economist Syndrome 115 •\u003cbr\u003e Anthropological Views •\u003cbr\u003e The Earth Is Not Flat •\u003cbr\u003e Planners •\u003cbr\u003e Unhelpful Helpers •\u003cbr\u003e Summary\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Counterperspectives\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eResistance to the Perspective Worldview\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAntiperspective Movements in Art History\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eArab Views •\u003cbr\u003e The Perspective Wars of Paris •\u003cbr\u003e Through the Eye of a Cow: Rationalist versus Empiricist Perspective •\u003cbr\u003e Summary\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eProposals for Development Alternatives\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eReversals •\u003cbr\u003e Searchers •\u003cbr\u003e Midwives •\u003cbr\u003e Possibilism\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA Nonlinear Approach\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNonlinearity •\u003cbr\u003e Challenges •\u003cbr\u003e The Way Forward: Self-Critical Historical Awareness and Knowledge Coalitions\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eConclusion\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNotes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eReferences\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52694811279640,"sku":"9781439910849","price":22.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/art-politics-and-development-hardback-9781439910849","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}