Authority and Freedom: A Defense of the Arts

by Jed Perl

Book Overview

From one of our most widely admired art critics comes a bold and timely manifesto reaffirming the independence of all the arts--musical, literary, and visual--and their unique and unparalleled power to excite, disturb, and inspire us.

As people look to the arts to promote a particular ideology, whether radical, liberal, or conservative, Jed Perl argues that the arts have their own laws and logic, which transcend the controversies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593320050
• ISBN13: 9780593320051
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.8"