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The mid-nineteenth century saw the introduction of publicly funded art education as an alternative to the established private institutions. Quinn explores the ways in which members of parliament applied Bentham’s utilitarian philosophy to questions of public taste. The study offers a new reading of utilitarianism and assesses the extent to which it presented a viable solution to issues of cultural policy in nineteenth-century Britain.
"'This is a fascinating, original study. It penetrates to the radically democratic core of Bentham's aesthetic ideas.'"
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