Problem
Dismissal of past cultural achievements
Other Names:
Pursuit of novelty in artAnti-cultural futurism
Post-modern ideology
Nature:
With every generation of artists arrives the potential for new artistic exploration. The meaning of artistic freedom, however, may be misconstrued as an invitation to denounce past cultural achievements. Dismissal of artistic tradition in pursuit of novelty suggests that art must merely be new in order to have value. This philosophy alters the meaning of cultural achievement to the notion that an artist's work is an end in itself, without connection to the past or responsibility for the future. As such, culture could become a matter of the inner life of the artist and not of the world the artist lives in. Broader Problems:
PostmodernismSense of impermanenceSilence about historical situations Related Problems:
DeconstructionRapidly changing culturesDominating outmoded imagesDestruction of human heritageUnethical practices in the artsElimination of traditional skillsUnadapted significance of cultural tradition Aggravates:
Historical rootlessnessInadequate appreciation of cultureFailure to profit from patterns of history Reduced By:
Art censorshipSubject(s):
Social Activity → EmploymentRecreation → Arts
Culture → Culture
Policy-making → Future
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
01.01.2000 – 00:00 CET