Art As an Institution
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GENERAL
The author examines art as an institution. He looks at the place of art in the social structure, the structure of art as a social institution, the question of art and the provision of basic needs, and the question of universality of art. Art, it becomes clear, is a mixed type of organization - not entirely similar to or different from other social institutions.