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ERIC Number: EJ580658
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-1057-0292
Deconstructing the Master Signifier of Community: Between the Pre-Modern and Modern Community of Organic Solidarity and the Postmodern Community of Technological Dissemination in Cyberspace.
Jagodzinski, Jan
Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, n18 p4-20 1998
Discusses modern and postmodern views of "community" and the identity of the artist. Addresses two perceived possible outcomes of the spread of cyberspace virtual reality: a new, populist, democratic world, and a world of isolated individuals connected only through machine-based virtual reality. Notes the growth of a nostalgic reaction. (DSK)
Descriptors: Art, Artists, Community, Community Change, Community Characteristics, Community Role, Futures (of Society), Group Unity, Internet, Modernism, Postmodernism, Social Change
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue: "Community."