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Belfiore, Eleonora (2012) "Defensive instrumentalism" and the legacy of New Labour's cultural policies. Cultural Trends, Vol.21 (No.2). pp. 103-111. doi:10.1080/09548963.2012.674750
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09548963.2012.674750
Abstract
The paper identifies “defensive instrumentalism” as a main feature that has characterised New Labour's cultural policies, and which constitutes an important aspect of its legacy. Yet, resorting to instrumental arguments to defend the arts and to make a case for their usefulness is hardly an invention of New Labour. However, in the past, such defensive arguments were built into a more constructive and creative attempt to elaborate a coherent theory of art and an intellectually sophisticated view of the effects of the arts on individual and societies. What the paper argues, then, is that instrumentalism under New Labour has retained its longstanding defensive character, but was deprived of the attendant effort to elaborate a positive notion of cultural value.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies > Centre for Cultural Policy Studies | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Great Britain -- Cultural policy, Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1997-2007, Labour Party (Great Britain), Politics and culture -- Great Britain | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Cultural Trends | ||||
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis | ||||
| ISSN: | 0954-8963 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2012 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.21 | ||||
| Number: | No.2 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 103-111 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/09548963.2012.674750 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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