What good are the arts?
John Carey
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What good are the arts?
by John Carey
Published
2005
Publisher
Faber
Pages
286
ISBN-10
0571226027
Description
"Do the arts make us better people? Are they a sign of civilization? Why should 'high' art be thought higher than 'low'? Are judgements about art anything more than personal opinions? What are works of art anyway - do they belong to some special, sacred category? Can the brain-scientists who are investigating the arts tell us anything useful about them?" "In the first part of his new book John Carey returns startling answers to these and related questions. In the second part he makes out a self-confessedly personal and subjective case for the superiority of literature to all other arts."--Jacket.
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This edition of What good are the arts? has approximately 286 pages. Please note, this is an estimate and the exact page count can vary between hardcover, paperback, and e-book versions.
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For most readers, What good are the arts? typically takes between 5h 58m and 3h 58m to complete. This is based on the book's length of approximately 71,500 words and common reading speeds.
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The estimated word count for What good are the arts? is approximately 71,500 words. This figure is calculated using industry-standard methods that consider genre-specific word density patterns, typical formatting and layout characteristics, and standard words-per-page ratios for published books.
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Who is the author of What good are the arts??
What good are the arts? was written by John Carey.
When was What good are the arts? published?
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