La question de la democratisation dans la politique culturelle française
Titel:
La question de la democratisation dans la politique culturelle française
Auteur:
Donnat, Olivier
Verschenen in:
Modern & contemporary France
Paginering:
Jaargang 11 (2003) nr. 1 pagina's 9-20
Jaar:
2003-02
Inhoud:
In 1959 Andre Malraux's Ministry of Cultural Affairs had as its objective 'to render accessible great works of art and of the mind to the largest possible number'. Over time, this initial ambition to democratise culture, which, from the start was full of ambiguities, became increasingly complicated, especially with the introduction of the idea of 'cultural development' in the 1970s. Further complicating factors are the extension of the cultural domain itself and the relative blurring of the distinction between the arts and major and minor genres, to the extent that in recent years the aims of cultural policy have become all the more open to question. Do we have to admit that democratisation was a well-meaning but unrealistic utopia, or, on the contrary, should we increase its scope? Under what conditions can we continue to use this term today?
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