The Aesthetics of Development Art, Culture and Social Transformation
Through a unique range of theoretical and practical case studies, this collection considers the relationship between the arts (understood as the visual arts, crafts, theatre, dance, and literature) and development, creating both a bridge between them that
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Edited by John Clammer and Ananta Kumar Giri
The Aesthetics of Development
John Clammer · Ananta Kumar Giri Editors
The Aesthetics of Development Art, Culture and Social Transformation
Editors John Clammer Jindal Global University Sonipat, India
Ananta Kumar Giri Madras Institute of Development Studies Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
ISBN 978-1-349-95247-2 ISBN 978-1-349-95248-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-349-95248-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017943633 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover design by Ran Shauli Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Nature America Inc. The registered company address is: 1 New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004, U.S.A.
For Jyoti and Jane Sahi
Preface
The discourse and practice of development are at a cross-road now, and we need transformative visions and creative practices of development which help us realize integral development—material as well as spiritual, inner as well as outer. Art and spirituality play an important role in this much needed deepening and broadening of the meaning and practice of development. Our book explores these new visions and practices and cultivates pathways of aesthetics of development. Aesthetics of development is not narrow; it includes ethics and spirituality and thus creatively relates to and transforms the existing discourse of ethics of development by bringing ethics, aesthetics, self-cultivation and responsibility together. Aesthetics of development here is different from what (Harvey 1989) calls an “aesthetics of empowerment” where we use both aesthetics and power to dominate and annihilate others as it happened during Nazi Germany where the transformative Bauhaus art movement, among others, was crushed an
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