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Belfiore, Eleonora (2006) The unacknowledged legacy. International Journal of Cultural Policy, Vol.12 (No.2). pp. 229-244. doi:10.1080/10286630600813743
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10286630600813743
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.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PA Classical philology | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies > Centre for Cultural Policy Studies | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Plato -- Influence, Arts and society, Europe -- Cultural policy | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Cultural Policy | ||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
| ISSN: | 1028-6632 | ||||
| Official Date: | July 2006 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.12 | ||||
| Number: | No.2 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 229-244 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/10286630600813743 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
| Funder: | Arts & Humanities Research Council (Great Britain) (AHRC), Arts Council England |
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