Art, Magic and the Corruption of Consciousness

The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief account of part of Collingwood’s philosophy of art, in particular that dealing with the relationship between art, craft and magic, in relation to the corruption of consciousness, and to consider some of the implications for the aesthetic evaluation of...

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Published inHuman affairs (Bratislava, Slovakia) Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 494 - 509
Main Author Connelly, James
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Warsaw De Gruyter 28.10.2024
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subjects
Aesthetics
Collingwood
Collingwood, R G (Robin George) (1889-1943)
Consciousness
Corruption
Ethics
Morality
Propaganda
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Summary:The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief account of part of Collingwood’s philosophy of art, in particular that dealing with the relationship between art, craft and magic, in relation to the corruption of consciousness, and to consider some of the implications for the aesthetic evaluation of ‘works of art’ produced as moral or political propaganda. I shall try to do this by drawing on the work of Matthew Kieran in relation to art and morality. I will not so much analyse or criticise Collingwood’s conception of the corruption of consciousness as presuppose it as the conception which makes sense of Collingwood’s understanding of the relation between art and morality.
ISSN:1210-3055
1337-401X
DOI:10.1515/humaff-2024-0079