Poetic Justice: The Literary Imagination and Public Life (Alexander Rosenthal Lectures)

Nussbaum, Martha C.

ISBN 10: 0807041084 / ISBN 13: 9780807041086

Edité par Beacon Pr, 1996

Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. N° de réf. du vendeur F12A-04635

Synopsis :

Book by Nussbaum Martha C

Revue de presse: Timely and urgent. . . . Ms. Nussbaum's appeal to the outlook of fiction as a model for judicial and social policy is bracingly utopian and immensely heartening. --Morris Dickstein, The New York Times Book Review

"No one has made a better case for the importance of literary and humanistic education to the public life of the nation. Martha Nussbaum's new book should be required reading for every member of Congress." --Stanley Fish, author of Professional Correctness: Literary Studies and Political Change

"Nussbaum argues elegantly that the novel, by engaging our sympathy in the contemplation of lives different from ours, expands our imaginative capabilities so we may better make those judgments that public life demands of us. . . . Nussbaum's thesis . . . deserves to be shouted from the rooftops-like Whitman's Song of Myself." --Kirkus Reviews

"Nussbaum fascinatingly argues that the so-called 'reasoning mind' has blinded us from that all-too-obvious aspect of being a human animal-our emotions." --Raul Nino, New City

"Nussbaum is one of our profound contemporary thinkers. . . . We do not know whether or not reading novels really does make people more humane [but] here is the strongest argument yet published." --Keith Oatley, Toronto, Ontario Globe & Mail

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Poetic Justice: The Literary Imagination and...
Éditeur : Beacon Pr
Date d'édition : 1996
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : Very Good
Etat de la jaquette : Jaquette