Short stories and political philosophy : power, prose, and persuasion / / edited by Erin A. Dolgoy; Kimberly Hurd Hale, and Bruce Peabody
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| Titolo: |
Short stories and political philosophy : power, prose, and persuasion / / edited by Erin A. Dolgoy; Kimberly Hurd Hale, and Bruce Peabody
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2019] |
| ©2019 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (279 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 813/.0109 |
| Soggetto topico: | Short stories, American - History and criticism |
| American literature - 20th century - History and criticism | |
| Politics and literature | |
| Political science - Philosophy - Study and teaching | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | DolgoyErin A. |
| HaleKimberly Hurd <1983-> | |
| PeabodyBruce Garen <1969-> | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Big data for the good life: Ken Liu's "The perfect match" / Erin A. Dolgoy -- Paolo Bacigalupi's "Pop squad" and the examined life worth living / Kimberly Hurd Hale -- All the world's a cage: Franz Kafka, "A hunger artist" / Timothy McCranor and Steven Michels -- Conflicting moral goods: William Faulkner's "Barn burning" / Mary P. Nichols -- From the iron cage to the "Waters of Babylon": rationalization and renewal in a Weberian world / Bruce Peabody -- The terrible justice of reality: "The ones who walk away from Omelas" and the dilemmas of political responsibility / Michael Christopher Sardo -- Kinship, community, and the bureaucratic state: a study of Wendell Berry's "Fidelity" / Drew Kennedy Thompson -- "The incarnation of my native land": Clover Adams in Henry James' "Pandora" / Natalie Fuehrer Taylor -- Jumping at our reflection: American dystopia and reaction in Shirley Jackson's "The lottery" / Abram Trosky. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "This book examines the intersection of fictional narratives and political philosophy, focusing specifically on the use of short stories to teach the classic works of political philosophy. It is a resource for scholars and teachers of politics, philosophy, and literature"-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Short stories and political philosophy |
| ISBN: | 1-4985-7366-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910827041703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Politics, literature, & film.