Download or read book The Social Impact of the Arts written by Eleonora Belfiore and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-09-16 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intellectual history of contrasting ideas around the power of the arts to bring about personal and societal change - for better and worse. A fascinating account of the value and functions of the arts in society, in both the private sphere of individual emotions and self-development and public sphere of politics and social distinction.