Updated February 12, 2020 Socio-economics of the arts and literature, or cultural economics, is a field that studies the economics of creation, distribution, and the consumption of works of art, literature and similar creative and cultural products. For a long time, the concept of the “arts” were confined to visual arts (e.g., painting) and performing […]

Brecht stressed the importance of formal attack on traditional realistic devices.

La Rochefoucauld made frequent alterations and additions to his maxims during his life, and some were added after his death. The majority of the maxims (estimated at 504) consist of just two or three lines.

He once claimed that Behemoth had given him the “tools to grasp and analyze the entire total structure and as a warning of what could happen in a modern capitalist democracy.” According to Mills, members of the “power elite” are those who occupy the dominant positions, in the dominant institutions (military, economic and political) of […]

American Cinema: Cyclical History of Hollywood, 1927-2027