Art and Nuclear Power: The Role of Culture in the Environmental Debate

Humanity is struggling with the environmental destruction and social change caused by modern technologies like nuclear reactors. Politicians, scientists, and business leaders all too often revert to a tried and tested set of solutions that fails to grasp the wicked nature of the problem. Eschewing the problem-solving approach that dominates the nuclear energy debate, Anna Volkmar suggests that the only intelligent way to account for the inherent complexity of nuclear technology is not by trying to resolve it but to muddle through it. Through in-depth analyses of contemporary visual art, Volkmar demonstrates how art can suggest ways to muddle through these issues intelligently and ethically. This book is recommended for students and scholars of art history, anthropology, social science, ecocriticism, and philosophy.

Author: Anna Volkmar
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 02/07/2022
Pages: 220
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9781666900224
ISBN10: 1666900222
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- Art | Art & Politics

About the Author
Anna Volkmar is independent lecturer of art and technology.

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