McKenzie, Brian
(2020)
Public intellectuals as policy makers: the democratization of culture and Sean O’Faoláin’s Arts Council, 1956–1959.
International Journal of Cultural Policy, 26 (2).
pp. 255-265.
ISSN 1028-6632
Abstract
This article examines the brief tenure of the writer Sean O’Faoláin as
Director of the Arts Council of Ireland. The article notes the generational
similarities and shared outlook between O’Faoláin and André Malraux,
the Minister of Culture for France from 1959 to 1969. However,
O’Faoláin’s tenure in office was shorter, less successful, and marked by
a bitter dispute with the administration and artists of the Royal Hibernian
Academy. This dispute serves as a useful case study for examining
competing conceptions of national culture, the purpose of cultural policy, and the role of the cultural elite as arbiters of taste.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Sean O’Faoláin; André
Malraux; cultural policy;
Arts Council Ireland; |
| Academic Unit: |
Centre for Teaching and Learning |
| Item ID: |
15762 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1080/10286632.2018.1501367 |
| Depositing User: |
Brian McKenzie
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| Date Deposited: |
04 Apr 2022 13:51 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
International Journal of Cultural Policy |
| Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis (Routledge) |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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