With Art As My Weapon: Revitalizing Rural Communities and Introducing Public Interest Capitalism

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Long River Press, 2020 - Architecture - 160 pages
"With Art As My Weapon" explores the major principles which have guided Soichiro Fukutake's philanthropic work in revitalizing villages in Japan, with increased potential for similar developments to occur in China and in other parts of Asia and the rest of the world. The book showcases individual and collective developments which can be used elsewhere to revitalize once neglected rural areas and create a practical alternative to the urban rat-race environment, instead focusing on a renewed quality of life not often found in major metropolitan areas. Such possibilities offer a profound new way of thinking on rural renewal and planning policy.

About the author (2020)

Soichiro Fukutake is a Japanese entrepreneur. He is the Chairman of the Fukutake Foundation. For more than thirty years he has used art and architecture in concert with nature to spearhead a renaissance of life on the islands of Naoshima, Teshima, and Inujima in Japan's Inland Sea. Jay Henderson is a China specialist involved with education, philanthropy, and broadcast journalism. He has worked with the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations; the Institute of International Education; and the China Global Philanthropy Forum. He is the author of "China's Schools in Flux."

Bibliographic information

TitleWith Art As My Weapon: Revitalizing Rural Communities and Introducing Public Interest Capitalism
AuthorsSoichiro Fukutake, Jay Henderson
PublisherLong River Press, 2020
ISBN1592652425, 9781592652426
Length160 pages
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Architecture / General
Social Science / General
  
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