Democracy: A Project by Group Material

A Village Voice Best Book of the Year, this collection of essays by contributors such as Noam Chomsky, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Henry Lewis Gates, Jr., ＂challenges accepted notions about the relationships between art, culture, politics, and ’the public’＂ (Art in America). Discussions in Contemporary Culture is an award-winning series copublished with the Dia Center for the Arts in New York City. These volumes offer rich and timely discourses on a broad range of cultural issues and critical theory. The collection covers topics from urban planning to popular culture and literature, and continually attracts a wide and dedicated readership.