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Philosophy, Literature and the Human Good Michael Weston

Philosophy, Literature and the Human Good By Michael Weston

Philosophy, Literature and the Human Good by Michael Weston


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Summary

Examines the role of literature in ethics and moral philosophy. Includes readings from key figures such as Bataille, Kierkegaard, Rorty and Iris Murdoch.

Philosophy, Literature and the Human Good Summary

Philosophy, Literature and the Human Good by Michael Weston

In this provocative new examination of the philosophical, moral and religious significance of literature, Michael Weston explores the role of literature in both analytic and continental traditions. He initiates a dialogue between them and investigates the growing importance of these issues for major contemporary thinkers.
Each chapter explores a philosopher or literary figure who has written on the relation between literature and the good life, such as Derrida, Kierkegaard, Murdoch and Blanchot. Challenging and insightful, Philosophy, Literature and the Human Good is ideal for all students of philosophy and literature.

Philosophy, Literature and the Human Good Reviews

..." a very useful introduction to the philosophy of literature... clear, detailed, and insightful."
-Vincent Colapietro, "Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

About Michael Weston

Michael Weston is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Essex

Table of Contents

Preface. Introduction. 1. Life as Art: Kant, Schlegel, Nietzsche 2. Georges Bataille: The Impossible 3.Maurice Blanchot: Literature's Space 4. Jacques Derrida: The Staging of Deconstruction 5. Iris Murdoch: The Transcendant Goog 6. Martha Nussbaum: Moral Fortune 7. Richard Rorty: Philosophy as Literature 8. Stanley Cavell: Language, Therapy and Pefectionism 9. A Kierkegaardian Intervention 10. D.Z. Philipps: The Mediation of Sense 11. A Concluding Reading: Joseph Conread's Lord Jim

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GOR005414250
9780415243384
0415243386
Philosophy, Literature and the Human Good by Michael Weston
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2001-03-15
222
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