03041nam 2200613 450 991046445990332120200520144314.01-61149-463-X(CKB)3710000000082436(EBL)1583591(OCoLC)869092645(SSID)ssj0001080493(PQKBManifestationID)12527914(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001080493(PQKBWorkID)11071506(PQKB)11457950(MiAaPQ)EBC1583591(Au-PeEL)EBL1583591(CaPaEBR)ebr10823583(CaONFJC)MIL568687(EXLCZ)99371000000008243620140117d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFreedom and dialogue in a Polarized World /Sharon Schuman©2014Lanham, Maryland :University of Delaware Press,2014.1 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61149-602-0 1-61149-462-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 Introducing Dialogic Freedom; 2 A Father Begs for His Son's Corpse in the Iliad; 3 Passion and Freedom in Dante's Inferno; 4 Deaf to Shylock in The Merchant of Venice; 5 The Virtuosity of Satan in Paradise Lost; 6 Shaping the Master's Vision in "Benito Cereno"; 7 The Grand Inquisitor's Silent Christ; 8 Goading the Reader of "In the Penal Colony"; 9 Freedom under Impossible Conditions in Beloved; 10 Freedom under Construction in a Polarized World; Epilogue; Appendix A: Theoretical Roots of Dialogic FreedomAppendix B: Discussion Guide for Teachers, Students, and Book GroupsGlossary; Bibliography; Index; About the Author<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Freedom and Dialogue in a Polarized World</span><span> argues that our most cherished ideas about freedom-being left alone to do as we please, or uncovering the truth</span><span>-</span><span>have failed us. They promote the polarized thinking that blights our world. Rooted in literature, political theory and Mikhail Bakhtin's theories of language, this book introduces a new concept: dialogic freedom. This concept combats polarization by inspiring us to feel freer the better able we are to see from the perspectives of others. To say that freedom is diLiberty in literatureDecision making in literatureAutonomy in literatureElectronic books.Liberty in literature.Decision making in literature.Autonomy in literature.809/.933581Schuman Sharon1946-970133MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464459903321Freedom and dialogue in a Polarized World2205115UNINA