FROM KANT TO RAYMOND WILLIAMS: An Outlook of Western European Cultural Policy

Abstract

The present work aims at contributing to a better understanding of current trends in cultural policies. We shall start by providing an outlook of general tendencies in European cultural policy, emphasizing the developments at work during the second half of the XX century. By deconstructing the principles inherent to the (taken-for-granted) policy programs, we will then try to cast light on the upcoming challenges for contemporary cultural policy regimes.