Culture on the Market

Culture on the Market
Innovation, writes the author, is founded on tradition - even if only the shallow Machiavellian pretense of appearing to preserve traditional values. A tradition, in turn, is founded on a canon of work: a library of classics, a body of musical works, a museum of art. But in today's commercial market, publishers require a proit on a work within six months or so, making it difficult to keep important works in print, and even more so to allow for the discovery of new classics. More...