What Good Are the Arts?
by John Carey
John Carey questions the assumed value of art, challenging common beliefs about its moral, educational, and societal benefits through philosophical and cultural analysis.
About This Book
John Carey examines longstanding assumptions about the benefits of art and questions whether these claims can be substantiated.
The book explores how society assigns value to artistic works and challenges the notion that art possesses inherent moral or educational worth.
Carey draws on philosophy, history, and cultural criticism to present a skeptical perspective on the arts.
Readers are invited to reconsider popular beliefs about creativity, taste, and the supposed transformative power of artistic experience.
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