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On bullshit in cultural policy practice and research : notes from the British case

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Belfiore, Eleonora (2009) On bullshit in cultural policy practice and research : notes from the British case. International Journal of Cultural Policy, Vol.15 (No.3). pp. 343-359. doi:10.1080/10286630902806080

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Abstract

In 2005, Harry G. Frankfurt, a retired professor of moral philosophy at Princeton University, made it into the best‐sellers chart with his book On Bullshit. Taking his essay as its starting point, this article explores the analysis of bullshit and the prevalence of bullshitting in the contemporary public sphere. Frankfurt’s short essay indeed provides an intellectual framework to interpret and understand contemporary rhetoric and practice in the cultural policy field, as well as recent trends in cultural policy research. Through a discussion of selected New Labour’s cultural policy documents in Britain, the article aims to show that many of the key actors in the cultural policy debate indeed display the ‘indifference to how things really are’ and the cultivation of vested interests which Frankfurt attributes to the activity of bullshitting. The final part of the text discusses the implications of the present status quo for ‘critical’ cultural policy research.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies > Centre for Cultural Policy Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Arts and society -- Great Britain, Great Britain -- Cultural policy
Journal or Publication Title: International Journal of Cultural Policy
Publisher: Routledge
ISSN: 1028-6632
Official Date: 2009
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Volume: Vol.15
Number: No.3
Page Range: pp. 343-359
DOI: 10.1080/10286630902806080
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
Version or Related Resource: Belfiore, E. (2008). On bullshit in cultural policy practice and research : notes from the British case. In : International Conference on Cultural Policy Research (ICCPR), Istanbul, Turkey, 20-24 August. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/41279
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