Short stories and political philosophy power, prose, and persuasion
"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"--
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham
Lexington Books,
[2019]
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| Series: | Politics, literature, & film.
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| Online Access: | EBSCOhost Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
Table of Contents:
- 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.