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Zusatztext The appearance in print in a scholarly and scrupulously edited form of Collingwood's folktale manuscript is very much to be welcomed as something of an event in Collingwood studies. The editors have done a superb job in presenting the folktale manuscript in a highly accessible form and in linking it with a number of other previously unpublished manuscripts and papers on broadly connected themes. Klappentext This is the long-awaited publication of a set of writings by the British philosopher, historian, and archaeologist R.G. Collingwood (1889-1943) on critical, anthropological, and cultural themes only hinted at in his previously available work. At the core are six essays on folktale and magic in which 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 their various fields, who provide their explanatory and contextual notes to guide the reader through the texts. The Philosophy of Enchantment highlights the broad range of Collingwood's 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. Zusammenfassung Presents the publication of a set of writings by the British philosopher, historian, and archaeologist R G Collingwood. This book highlights a range of Collingwood's intellectual engagements, their integration, and their relevance to areas of debate in the fields of philosophy, cultural studies, social and literary history, and anthropology. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION The Re-Enactment of Self: Perspectives from Literature, Criticism, and Culture A Fieldworker's Philosopher: Perspectives from Anthropology In Defence of Collingwood: Perspectives from Philosophy and the History of Ideas Part I: Art and Culture 1: Words and Tune 2: Observations on Language 3: Jane Austen (1921) 4: Jane Austen (?1934) 5: The Philosophy of Art 6: Aesthetic Theory and Artistic Practice Part II: Tales of Enchantment 7: Fairy Tales 8: Three Methods of Approach: Philological, Functional, Psychological 9: The Historical Method 10: Magic 11: Excavating Cinderella and King Lear 12: The Authorship of Fairy-Tales Addenda to the Folktale Manuscript Part III: The Modern Unease 13: Art and the Machine 14: Man Goes Mad ...
