Drunk on Capitalism. An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Market Economy, Art and Science

This interdisciplinary collection of essays probes the impact of the market economy on art and science in the post-Berlin Wall era.Part One: Science for Sale, A Dollar Green Science Scene, focuses on new alliances of contemporary science and educatio

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EINSTEIN MEETS MAGRITTE: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Science, Nature, Art, Human Action and Society Series Editor Diederik Aerts, Leo Apostel Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, Brussels Free University, Belgium

VOLUME 11

For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/5914

Robrecht Vanderbeeken s Frederik Le Roy Christel Stalpaert s Diederik Aerts Editors

Drunk on Capitalism. An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Market Economy, Art and Science

Editors Robrecht Vanderbeeken Faculty of Fine Arts University College Ghent Jozef Kluyskensstraat 2 9000 Ghent Belgium [email protected] Christel Stalpaert Department of Art, Music & Theatre Sciences Ghent University Blandijnberg 2 9000 Ghent Belgium [email protected]

Frederik Le Roy Department of Art, Music & Theatre Sciences Ghent University Blandijnberg 2 9000 Ghent Belgium [email protected] Diederik Aerts Leo Apostel Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies Brussels Free University Krijgskundestraat 33 1160 Bruxelles Belgium [email protected]

ISBN 978-94-007-2081-7 e-ISBN 978-94-007-2082-4 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-2082-4 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011939208 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Contents

Single Step Guide to Success – Day Planning............................................... Heath Bunting Part I

1

Science for Sale

The Inseparability of Science and Values ..................................................... John Dupré

13

The Humanities Under Fire? ......................................................................... Hendrik (Rik) Pinxten

25

What Is There Beyond Mertonian and Dollar Green Science? Exploring the Contours of Epistemic Democracy........................................ Jeroen Van Bouwel

35

Enclosing the Academic Commons – Increasing Knowledge Transfer or Eroding Academic Values? ........................................................ Sigrid Sterckx

49

(E)valuating Words: Money and Gain in the Therapeutic Economy ........ Dany Nobus

65

Copyright: A Curse or a Blessing? ................................................................ Evi Werkers

79

Part II

Buy Buy Art

The Fethish Character of the Work of Art and Its Secret........................... Frank Vande Veire

93

Salvador Dalí’s Dream of Venus at the 1939 New York World’s Fair: Capitalist Funhouse or Surrealist Landmark? .................... 101 Christel Stalpaert

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Contents

How to Sell a Boring Action Hero: An Analysis of the Success of The Bourne Ultima