The Path Finders. Cultural Institution’s Importance and Responsibilities in Facing the C

The Path Finders. Cultural Institution’s Importance and Responsibilities in Facing the

Climate Crisis

Astrid Nordang

【期刊名称】《社会学研究：英文版》 【年(卷),期】2024(009)005

【摘要】In formulating an approach to the climate crisis,the cultural institutions should redefine their neutral position,or rather define whether the term“neutral”juxtaposes the climate crisis with human freedom projects related to race or gender.Maintaining neutrality as an overall principle,I argue a cultural political approach as a part of the agenda set in cultural institutions,both political and ethical,by reading an attempt by Pierre Bourdieu to engage the cultural field in not letting economics undermine its independency,and later through Walter Benjamin’s view on the thorough reader.By connecting Benjamin to Julia Kristeva’s use of Freud’s theory on the unnameable as a phobia,having to be treated in other terms than the“greenwashing of language”undertaken by politicians and social engineers,the cultural institutions could get onto the peloton and act as a path finder.Although funded and supported,cultural institutions have the advantage of a non-profit service to communities who seek information,entertainment,and tools,not having to compete on an open