Freedom and dialogue in a Polarized World / / Sharon Schuman
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| Autore: |
Schuman Sharon <1946->
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| Titolo: |
Freedom and dialogue in a Polarized World / / Sharon Schuman
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| Pubblicazione: | ©2014 |
| Lanham, Maryland : , : University of Delaware Press, , 2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 809/.933581 |
| Soggetto topico: | Liberty in literature |
| Decision making in literature | |
| Autonomy in literature | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 Freedom |
| Appendix B: Discussion Guide for Teachers, Students, and Book GroupsGlossary; Bibliography; Index; About the Author | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | <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 di |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Freedom and dialogue in a Polarized World |
| ISBN: | 1-61149-463-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910464459903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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