In Folklore, Bill Ivey, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, argues that the world today is being reshaped by the end of the Enlightenment. In the 18th and 19th century, imperialism and colonialism spread Enlightenment values around the world. Through the 20th century, civilization believed this universal commitment to human rights would be permanent. Today that assumption is under threat everywhere. Contemporary public intellectuals have entirely missed this truth, leading them to offer incomplete or unhelpful analyses of the current global situation, and inadequate prescriptions for a way forward. In truth, at the Enlightenment’s end, ISIS, the Taliban, the Tea Party, and Donald Trump are linked―science is denigrated, tribal resentments come to the fore, religious fundamentalism shapes belief and action, and social justice, women's rights, and democracy itself are threatened. Ivey argues that in the United States folklore scholars have spent the past 150 years observing, documenting, and seeking to understand the communities and community life that support the artistry, tradition, beliefs, and values that sustained mankind for centuries before the Enlightenment advanced a new vision of humanity, one that brought all people into the mainstream of history. Through their observational and nuanced research, folklorists have come to understand the complex borderland separating the literacy, manners, sophistication, and politics of civilization from the world of orality, tradition, tribe, and ethnicity. If leaders wish to nurture a world order that again places overarching, universal human rights at the center of international affairs, we must advance enlightened policy from a new perspective, grounding ideas and action in the hard-won insights of folklorists, honoring a new, vitalized respect for the habits and traditions that sustain ordinary people.

Rebuilding an Enlightened World: Folklorizing America

Politics & Social Sciences

Ivey, Bill

Social Sciences

Indiana University Press

In this impassioned and persuasive book, Bill Ivey, the former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, assesses the current state of the arts in America and finds cause for alarm. Even as he celebrates our ever-emerging culture and the way it enriches our lives here at home while spreading the dream of democracy around the world, he points to a looming crisis. The expanding footprint of copyright, an unconstrained arts industry marketplace, and a government unwilling to engage culture as a serious arena for public policy have come together to undermine art, artistry, and cultural heritage—the expressive life of America. In eight succinct chapters, Ivey blends personal and professional memoir, policy analysis, and deeply held convictions to explore and define a coordinated vision for art, culture, and expression in American life.

Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

University of California Press

In this impassioned and persuasive book, Bill Ivey, the former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, assesses the current state of the arts in America and finds cause for alarm. Even as he celebrates our ever-emerging culture and the way it enriches our lives here at home while spreading the dream of democracy around the world, he points to a looming crisis. The expanding footprint of copyright, an unconstrained arts industry marketplace, and a government unwilling to engage culture as a serious arena for public policy have come together to undermine art, artistry, and cultural heritage―the expressive life of America. In eight succinct chapters, Ivey blends personal and professional memoir, policy analysis, and deeply held convictions to explore and define a coordinated vision for art, culture, and expression in American life.

"...charming, poignant, and moving, while being thought provoking and truth revealing...enjoyable reading for all. More importantly, it will further the reach of the Gospel of our Lord and bring glory and honor to Him." Mary Perdue, former First Lady of Georgia *** "KNOW LOVE is a book about Life and the high octane fuel of love"... which "...lays a strong foundation of passion and love we all relate to"...and is..."filled with the power and Presence of God's Spirit... I had been so depressed and just unable to function, and then I received this book. It was no accident. I have read many books on the subject but none written in such a down home manner that it feels like your mom or dad could be the author. It is filled with a sense of friendship, mentorship and fellowship that the spirit of the author has with his Lord. I love the beginning fires of love and passion in your young heart for your bride...It is so important that we are reminded of the true meaning of love and the value for love in every aspect of life." Evangelist Gloria Gainor *** "KNOW LOVE reaches deep into the life experience of Bill Ivey to remind us that in a broken world, the only answer and the sure answer, is the love that is God's greatest gift to mankind." Pierre Howard, former Lt Govrnor of Georgia

Know Love: What is love - for

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Bill

Two insiders provide powerful insight into this often controversial government program, revealing how artists are selected for awards and discussing the numerous success stories of artists whose careers were enhanced by its support.

A Creative Legacy: A History of the National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists' Fellowship Program

Princenthal, Nancy

Dowley, Jennifer

Harry N. Abrams

America has survived an economic near-disaster. While the state of employment and housing will one day improve, we will never return to the delusional prosperity that defined the first decade of the 21st century. Progressives should hold the key to quality of life in our coming post-consumerist society, but today Democrats have become timid, our vision of the good life marginalized by three decades of partisan attacks and the think tank-induced assumption that an unfettered marketplace, low taxes, and international adventurism will somehow give us an America capable of inspiring the world. Handmaking America, reaches back to the Arts-and-Crafts roots of progressive thought, confronting the way right-wing ideology and the power of post-industrial capitalism have undermined work, government; our very way of life, advancing a practical, achievable vision for a good society that can use the capacity of government to recover the essential strength of the American idea.

Handmaking America: A Back-to-Basics Pathway to a Revitalized American Democracy

History

Counterpoint

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Rebuilding an Enlightened World: Folklorizing America

Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights

Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights

Know Love: What is love - for

A Creative Legacy: A History of the National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists' Fellowship Program

Handmaking America: A Back-to-Basics Pathway to a Revitalized American Democracy