From Art to Politics: How Artistic Creations Shape Political Conceptions

by Murray Edelman

Book Overview

Murray Edelman holds a unique and distinguished position in American political science. For decades one of the few serious scholars to question dominant rational-choice interpretations of politics, Edelman looked instead to the powerful influence of signs, spectacles, and symbols--of culture--on political behavior and political institutions. His first, now classic, book, The Symbolic Uses of Politics, created paths of inquiry in political science,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226184013
• ISBN13: 9780226184012
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"