Art and Value :

Beech, Dave.

Art and Value : Art's Economic Exceptionalism in Classical, Neoclassical and Marxist Economics. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (402 pages) - Historical Materialism Book Ser. ; v.94. . - Historical Materialism Book Ser. .

Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1 Art and Economics -- Chapter 1 Art, Value and Economics -- Chapter 2 Art and Exceptionalism in Classical Economics -- Chapter 3 Art and Exceptionalism in Neoclassical Economics -- Chapter 4 Exceptionalism after 1945 -- Chapter 5 Exceptionalism after 1966 -- Chapter 6 Exceptionalism Reassessed -- Part 2 The Economics of Art -- Chapter 7 On the Absence of a Marxist Economics of Art -- Chapter 8 Art and Productive Capital -- Chapter 9 Art and Merchant Capital -- Chapter 10 Art and Finance Capital -- Chapter 11 Art and Post-Fordism -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Art and Value is the first comprehensive analysis of art's economics. Key debates in classical, neoclassical and Marxist theories of art are subjected to an exacting critique. The book concludes with a new Marxist theory of art's economic exceptionalism.


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Art -- Economic aspects.

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