03222nam 22007213u 450 991045413370332120210107021057.01-282-16280-2978661216280090-272-9854-8(CKB)1000000000578824(EBL)622864(OCoLC)70740674(SSID)ssj0000282069(PQKBManifestationID)11206337(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282069(PQKBWorkID)10308406(PQKB)11383579(MiAaPQ)EBC622864(EXLCZ)99100000000057882420140818d2000|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Moral Laboratory[electronic resource] Experiments examining the effects of reading literature on social perception and moral self-conceptAmsterdam/Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company20001 online resource (215 p.)Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature ;v.34Description based upon print version of record.1-55619-680-6 90-272-2223-1 THE MORAL LABORATORY; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Dedication; Contents; Chapter 1. Apologies; Notes; Chapter 2. Changing Readers; Notes; Chapter 3. A Blueprint for Moral Laboratories; Notes; Chapter 4. Understanding Others; Notes; Chapter 5. Moral Self-knowledge; Notes; Chapter 6. Summary and Conclusion; Appendix; References; Index of names; Index of termsThe idea that reading literature changes the reader seems as old as literature itself. Through the ages philosophers, writers, and literary scholars have suggested it affects norms, empathic ability, self-concept, beliefs, etc. This book examines what we actually know about these effects. And it finds strong evidence for the old claims. However, it remains unclear what aspects of the reading experience are responsible for these effects. Applying methods of the social sciences to this particular problem of literary theory, this book presents a psychological explanation based upon the conceptionUtrecht Publications in General and Comparative LiteratureBooks and readingLiterature and moralsLiterature and societyLiterature and moralsLiterature and societyBooks and readingLiterature - GeneralHILCCLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCElectronic books.Books and reading.Literature and morals.Literature and society.Literature and moralsLiterature and societyBooks and readingLiterature - GeneralLanguages & Literatures801/.3Hakemulder Frank972964Hakemulder JáemeljanAU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910454133703321The Moral Laboratory2213574UNINA