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„Kultura dla każdego”. Francuski model polityki kulturalnej
"Culture for Everyone". The French Model of Cultural Policy

Author(s): Małgorzata Kamecka
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: André Malraux; cultural policy; community centre; province; metropolis; decentralisation

Summary/Abstract: The author presents the main rules of cultural policy introduced by André Malraux, who ran the French Ministry of culture in the years 1959-1969. Malraux, who aimed to "give to the largest possible number of citizens access to the great works of culture (particularly French culture)", assigned to his department a special role in popularising culture and bridging differences between the province and the capital. Even though later the writer met with the accusation of designing a model based on an excessive interference of the state into the realm of culture, one cannot overestimate his insights into the special place of culture and art in social life.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 217-225
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Polish