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THE UNACKNOWLEDGED LEGACY.
- Source :
- International Journal of Cultural Policy; Jul2006, Vol. 12 Issue 2, p229-244, 15p
- Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- This paper presents a critical discussion of the treatment of mimetic art, and particularly poetry and the theatre, in the work of the Athenian philosopher Plato (427–347 BC). It centres on Plato’s discussion of the corrupting powers of the arts in the Republic, and the implications that his fierce attack on poetry and theatre have for his construction of the ideal polity. The legacy of Platonic ideas in later elaborations of the corrupting power of the arts is discussed. Furthermore, the paper investigates the relationship between current debates on cultural policy and the Platonic idea that the transformative powers of the arts ought to be harnessed by the state to promote a just society. The conclusion thus reached is that “instrumental cultural policy”, rather then being a modern invention, was in fact first theorized precisely in Plato’s Republic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- POETRY (Literary form)
INTELLECTUAL life
PHILOSOPHERS
CULTURAL policy
LITERATURE
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10286632
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Cultural Policy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 21807216
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10286630600813743