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The End of the Modernist Era in Arts and Academia
Language: en
Pages: 220
Authors: Bruce Fleming
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-03-28 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book identifies the—now moribund—Modernist spirit of the twentieth century, with its "make it new" attitude in the arts, and its tendency towards abstr
Academia versus the World Outside
Language: en
Pages: 242
Authors: Bruce Fleming
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-08-06 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Academia versus the World Outside lays out the givens of the knowledge industry located within the ivory tower, colleges and universities. It then moves outside
What Does ‘Art’ Mean Now?
Language: en
Pages: 239
Authors: Bruce Fleming
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-06-22 - Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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What Does ‘Art’ Mean Now? asks, and answers, fundamental questions about the nature of aesthetic experience and role of the arts in contemporary society. Th
The Civilizing Process and the Past We Now Abhor
Language: en
Pages: 167
Authors: Bruce Fleming
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-04-19 - Publisher: Routledge

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Drawing on the thought of Norbert Elias and using as a thread a purposely apolitical example of cruelty to animals to focus on changes in attitudes, this book e
Democracy’s Achilles Heel
Language: en
Pages: 231
Authors: Bruce Fleming
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Democracy’s Achilles Heel argues that the structure of democracy is a combination of two incompatible worldviews: one relativist and liberal, the other absolu