the value of culture

The Value of Culture
On the relationship between economics and arts edited by Arja Klamer

AM ST ERD AM UN IVE RSIT Y PRE SS

The Value ofCulture

The Value ofCulture
On the Relationship between Economics and Arts

Edited by Arjo Klamer

AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY PRESS

Cover illustration: Vincent van Gogh, Le docteur Paul Gachet.
Coli. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Cover design: Marjolein Meijer, BEELDVORM, Leiden
Typesctting: Bert Haagsman, MAGENTA, Amsterdam

ISBN

90-5356-2I9-2 (hardback)
90-5356-218-4 (paperback)

© Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, 1996

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Contents
Introduction to the Conversation

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Aria Klamer r The Value of Culture

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Aria Klamer

PART ONE: ON VALUE

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The Value of Art: A Philosophical Perspective

Antoon Van den Braemhussche
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The Value of Culture: A Dialogue

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Barend van Heusden, Arjo Klamer

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"The Good, the Bad and the Different":
Reflections on Economic and Aesthetic Value

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David Ruaio, Julie Graham, Jack Amariglio

PART

Two:

ON THE VALUE OF ART

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The Value of Public Art as Public Culture
JosephJ. Ccrdes; Robert S. Goldfarb

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Market Value and Artists ' Earnings

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Ruth Towse
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Big City, Great Art: A Myth about Art Production

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Gerardde Vries
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The Value of Play

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MichaelHutter
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The Artistic Conscience and the Production of Value

HansAbbing

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PART THREE: ON CULTURE ro Political Culture and the Economic Value of Citizenship:
A French-Dutch Comparison in the Nineteenth Century

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Prances Gouda
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