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 education with commercial funding, and the commodificatio...

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Other Authors: Vanderbeeken, Robrecht (Editor), Le Roy, Frederik (Editor), Stalpaert, Christel (Editor), AERTS, Diederik (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2012, 2012
Edition:1st ed. 2012
Series:Einstein Meets Magritte: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Science, Nature, Art, Human Action and Society
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. (Don’t) Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is. R. Vanderbeeken.- Single Step Guide To Success - Day Planning, H. Bunting
  • Part I. Science for sale.-  The Inseparability of Science and Values, J. Dupré,- The Humanities Under Fire? R. Pinxten
  • What Is There Beyond Mertonian and Dollar Green Science? Exploring the Contours of Epistemic Democracy, J. Van Bouwel
  • Enclosing the Academic Commons ─ Increasing Knowledge Transfer or Eroding Academic Values? S. Sterckx
  • (E)valuating Words. Money and Gain in the Therapeutic Economy, D. Nobus, Copyright: a Curse or a Blessing? E. Werkers
  • Part II. Buy Art
  • The Fetish Character of the Work of Art and its Secret, F. vande Veire
  • Salvador Dalí’s Dream of Venus at the 1939 World’s Fair: Capitalist Funhouse or Surrealist Landmark? C. Stalpaert
  • How to sell a boring action hero? An analysis of the success of the Bourne films within the context of Corporate Hollywood, I. vanhee
  • Saturn and His Children. The Crying of Potential Estate: A Case Study of the Art Market as Metaphor and Practice, K. Gregos
  • The Work of Art in the Age of Meta-Capital, C. Bruno
  •  Play Money: How to Handcraft an Achingly Self-Referential Virtual Commodity Fetish Object (For Fun and Profit!), J. Dibbell