{"product_id":"from-art-to-politics-how-artistic-creations-shape-political-conceptions-9780226184005","title":"From Art to Politics: How Artistic Creations Shape Political Conceptions","description":"\u003cp\u003eMurray 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 symbolsof cultureon political behavior and political institutions. His first  now classic  book  The Symbolic Uses of Politics  created paths of inquiry in political science  communication studies  and sociology that are still being explored today.  In this book  Edelman continues his quest to understand the influence of perception on the political process by turning to the role of art. He argues that political ideas  language  and actions cannot help but be based upon the images and narratives we take from literature  paintings  film  television  and other genres. Edelman believes art provides us with models  scenarios  narratives  and images we draw upon in order to make sense of political events  and he explores the different ways art can shape political perceptions and actions to both promote and inhibit diversity and democracy.  \"Elegantly written. . . . He brilliantly contends that art helps create the images from which opinion-molders and citizens construct the social realities of politics.\"Choice  \"It is perhaps the freshness with which he puts his case that is what makes From Art to Politics  as well as his other works  so challenging and invigorating.\"Philip Abbott  Review of Politics\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45921786396725,"sku":"ByrdShop_0226184005","price":240.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226184005.jpg?v=1787602440","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/from-art-to-politics-how-artistic-creations-shape-political-conceptions-9780226184005","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}