Art, Magic and the Corruption of Consciousness

• Published in: Human affairs (Bratislava, Slovakia) Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 494 - 509
• Main Author: Connelly, James
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...