Uses of art in the urban space

What is it about?

In the face of the uncontrollable growth of increasingly unmanageable large cities, the time has come to appreciate medium-sized cities, where deeper human relationships, moderation of morals and closeness to nature are still possible, as a better and more humane way of organising social life. Medium-sized cities might offer a middle way – if not a golden mean – between the dehumanised large cities on the one hand, and the direct and often oppressive controls in the tightly knit communities, on the other.

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Why is it important?

The argument is based on a novel conception of the political aesthetics, which includes, inter alia, the ideas of the public agoraphobia, commodification and interpassivity. M

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