change society? it raises another question with the arch or the message and those they say should have no purpose beyond itself. but of course it is more complicated than that. and then as a form of expression as a political act as they could also be used in ways that change society and the famous example is the cultural revolution in china which is a performance of a traditional chinese opera. but it involves the character challenging the authority of the emperor which was seen as an attack on him and this started with bloodshed. and propaganda of course it with those great movies also. and those that was clearly propaganda was an extraordinary piece of art and is very familiar to all of you and which was the birth of ape nation. in that galvanizing effect and this introduces my first question but before i do that and to my right we have an extremely distinguished academic and with the arts and commissioner of the new york city department of cultural affairs and lately autho
journalism, innovation and more. the full schedule is at booktv.org. first up it s authors talking about the state of the middle class. this is live coverage on booktv on c-span2. good morning. i m mary alvin fullerton, to welcome all of you to brooklyn law school today and to the reading room which you are sitting in, and it s one of the multiple sites for brooklyn book festival programs going on throughout the day. i would also like to welcome the audience of c-span s booktv which is broadcasting today s panels live here it s a particular pleasure for brooklyn law school does to host a veryl day of brooklyn book festival programming. since the fso started in 2006 it s grown by leaps and bounds each year. almost a decade ago brooklyn law school opened its doors and invited festival events inside, and we re so glad we did. each year being an integral part of the festival helps us be an integral part of the intellectual the goes on here in the heart of brooklyn. this is on
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