Acknowledgments  xv

Prologue. Welcome Back  1

1. From the Top: Government-Sponsored Creativity  15

2. Press Here: Cultural Acupuncture and Civic Stimulation  49

3. Art and Accountability  81

4. Pre-Texts: The Arts Interpret  107

5. Play Drive in the Hard Drive: Schiller's Poetics of Politics  135

Notes  157

Bibliography  193

Index  215

"The Work of Art in the World is a ringing manifesto for public art as an agent of democratic change. Doris Sommer traces the connections between art, activism, and social transformation in communities from Buenos Aires to the South Bronx, framing the surprising and stirring art practices that she describes in relation to the vital traditions of aesthetics and democratic political theory. Her aim is to stimulate civic discussion and communicative action; her book is revelatory, alive, and inspiring."—Kathleen Woodward, author of Statistical Panic: Cultural Politics and Poetics of the Emotions

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