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cxix, 380 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [336]-358) and index |
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Lib. has: Reprinted 2007. ISSP |
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The re-enactment of self : perspectives from literature, criticism, and culture / Philip Smallwood -- A fieldworker's philosopher : perspectives from anthropology / Wendy James -- In defence of Collingwood : perspectives from philosophy and the history of ideas / David Boucher -- Part I. Art and culture -- Words and tune -- Observations on language -- Jane Austen (1921) -- Jane Austen (?1934) -- The philosophy of art -- Aesthetic theory and artistic practice -- Part II. Tales of enchantment -- Fairy tales -- Three methods of approach : philological, functional, psychological -- The historical method -- Magic -- Excavating Cinderella and King Lear -- The authorship of fairy tales -- Addenda to the folktale manuscript -- Part III. The modern unease -- Art and the machine -- Man goes mad |
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"This is the long-awaited publication of a set of writings by the British philosopher, historian, and archaeologist R.G. Collingwood on critical, anthropological, and cultural themes only hinted at in his previously available work. At the centre of the book are six chapters of a study of folktale and magic, composed by Collingwood in the mid-1930s and intended for development into a book. Here Collingwood applies the principles of his philosophy of history to problems in the long-term evolution of human society and culture." "The volume opens with three substantial introductory essays by the editors, authorities in the fields of critical and literary history, social and cultural anthropology, and the philosophy of history and the history of ideas; they provide their explanatory and contextual notes to guide the reader through the texts. The Philosophy of Enchantment brings hitherto unrecognized areas of Collingwood's achievement to light, and demonstrates the broad range of his intellectual engagements, their integration, and their relevance to current areas of debate in the fields of philosophy, cultural studies, social and literary history, and anthropology."--Jacket |
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Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century
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Philosophy, British -- 20th century
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Folk literature -- History and criticism
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Fairy tales -- History and criticism
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Folklore -- Philosophy
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Fairy tales -- Philosophy
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Philosophy, Modern
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Boucher, David, 1951-
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James, Wendy
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Smallwood, Philip
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