none 10.14361/9783839472842 Transcript Verlag Transcript Verlag 5471 173423884 5646073 2025032510421082509 10.14361 2025-03-25T13:17:37Z 2025-03-14T10:42:54Z 1 Volker Kirchberg Tasos Zembylas A Theoretical Compendium In recent decades, social and economic changes have brought about a growing awareness of the role of art and culture in society. As a result, scholars have turned their attention to a sociological view of arts, developing hermeneutic approaches and conducting empirical research that have led to a wealth of insights into the organization of arts. These studies of the creation, production, distribution, evaluation and consumption of arts are clearly sociological, but they include approaches from other disciplines, notably arts management studies and cultural policy research. Volker Kirchberg and Tasos Zembylas critically discuss seven major theories of the social organization of arts in Western societies, with the aim of encouraging further research and theoretical developments. 1 12 31 2024 12 19 2024 9783837672848 9783839472842 transcript Verlag Bielefeld, Germany https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 Co-Access 10.1515/9783839472842 10.14361/9783839472842 https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8394-7284-2