Malcolm Quinn

Biographic Data

ID4126306
NAMEMalcolm Quinn
GIVEN NAMESMalcolm
FAMILY NAMEQuinn
SIGNATUREQUINN M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of the Arts London
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS9
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1996
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX1

  • Psychoanalysis and radical philistinism in the museum

    Open AccessMalcolm QuinnARTICLEPsychoanalysis Culture & Society2022References: 8

  • Bentham on Utility and Cultural Value

    Open AccessMalcolm QuinnARTICLERevue d’études benthamiennes2021

    When examining the relevance of Bentham’s thinking to debates on cultural value, we should look, first of all, at the significance of utility as an independent ethical principle. Bentham finds the term ‘utility’ in the philosophy of David Hume, condemns Hume’s use of this term as ambiguous, and establishes utility as an independent ethical principle that is opposed to Hume’s preference for delicacy of sentiment and good taste. I argue that Hume i…

  • Bentham and the Arts

    Open AccessAnthony Julius, Malcolm Quinn et al.BOOKBentham and the Arts2019

    Bentham and the Arts considers the sceptical challenge presented by Bentham’s hedonistic utilitarianism to the existence of the aesthetic, as represented in the oft-quoted statement that, ‘Prejudice apart, the game of push-pin is of equal value with the arts and sciences of music and poetry. If the game of push-pin furnish more pleasure, it is more valuable than either.’ This statement is one part of a complex set of arguments on culture, taste, …

  • Jeremy Bentham on liberty of taste

    Malcolm QuinnARTICLEHistory of European Ideas2017Cited by: 1

    This article examines Jeremy Bentham’s treatment of taste in his essays on sexuality, in the context of the historical development of the idea of taste as a singular practice with a broadly social character. My analysis of Bentham’s comments on taste in these essays also engages with Bentham’s criticisms of David Hume’s writing on social standards of taste. Bentham’s essays on sexuality enable us to understand why he condemns Hume’s critical, and…

  • Stupidity is Anything at All

    Malcolm QuinnARTICLEParallax2013

    This article on the place of metalanguage in cultural theories of stupidity was selected for open access publication in ‘Parallax’ 19:3 (2013) a peer-reviewed journal of cultural studies, critical theory and philosophy, in a special issue on the theme of stupidity. Other contributors to this issue are Mieke Bal, Jane Blocker, Claire Colebrook, Natalie Pollard, David Jenemann. The discussion of Bentham’s ethics in this article was developed from a…

  • The disambiguation of the Royal Academy of Arts

    Malcolm QuinnARTICLEHistory of European Ideas2011

    This article uses Jeremy Bentham’s notion of disambiguation, which links language to power and ‘sinister interest’, to analyse criticisms of the Royal Academy of Arts by Benthamites and Philosophic Radicals at the Select Committee on Arts and Manufactures of 1835/6. This practice of disambiguation aimed to produce a distinction between the Royal Academy of Arts and the publicly funded art school. I situate this activity within the linguistic turn…

  • Knowing nothing, staying stupid

    Dany Nobus, Malcolm QuinnBOOKKnowing nothing, staying stupid2005

  • Double Indemnities

    Open AccessMalcolm QuinnARTICLEArt History1998

    Juliet Steyn, Other than identity. The subject, politics and art

  • Re‐thinking the unthinkable

    Malcolm QuinnARTICLEThird Text1997Cited by: 1References: 2

  • Defilades and enfilades

    Malcolm QuinnARTICLEParallax1996References: 1

  • The Swastika

    David R Mayer, Malcolm QuinnARTICLEAsian Folklore Studies1996Cited by: 7

    List of illustrations Acknowledgements Indtroduction: Reading the Swastika Part I: Symbol From Representation to Recognition Ostkolonisation The Construction Site Quest, Fermentation and Sublimity The Destroyers Artemfact Signals Seeing the Swastika The Return of Ulysses Symbol and Ornament Part II: Ornament Expressionism and the 'Race-Spirit' Gesture and Character Anti-Ornament The Lavatorial Grotesque Autokinesis and Autonomy The Compulsion to …