Drunk on Capitalism. An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Market Economy, Art and Science

This interdisciplinary collection of analyses discusses the impact of market economy on art and science in the post-wall era. The first part, Science for Sale, focuses on the new alliances of contemporary science and education with commercial funding and the commodification of knowledge. Do economical powers eclipse of freedom of knowledge? When science and education become enterprises, what are the risks for a sell out of patented knowledge, a rhetoric abuse for business purposes or a commercialisation of symbolic power? The second part, Buy Buy Art, elaborates on the multiple and ambiguous relation between art and capital. Contemporary art claims to be autonomous. But art costs money and artists cannot live from their love for art alone. How do artists respond to the increase of economical conditions in our culture in general and the art market in particular? If works of art become investments, can art still be critical with respect to economical injustice? What role is there left for the artist in a global late capitalist society?