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- catalog abstract "Public discourse has become increasingly vitriolic and punitive toward those who don't seem to fit America's "mainstream." Relying excessively on stereotypes and models of human behavior based on economic self-interest, we too often fail--in public policy-making, legislation, and judicial reasoning--to see one another as fully human. In Poetic Justice, one of our most prominent philosophers and public intellectuals explores how literature can contribute to a more just society. As readers of literature, Nussbaum argues, we may glimpse the interior experiences of other people. Above all, reading asks us to imagine the value of their lives. Through such works as Hard Times and Native Son, Nussbaum shows how novels and novel reading develop a fully humanistic, not pseudo-scientific, conception of public reasoning. She brilliantly illustrates how the literary imagination is not opposed to public rationality, but is an essential ingredient of just public discourse and a democratic society. --From dust jacket.".
- catalog contributor b9023366.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-137) and index.".
- catalog description "Preface -- 1. The literary imagination -- 2. Fancy -- 3. Rational emotions -- 4. Poets as judges.".
- catalog description "Public discourse has become increasingly vitriolic and punitive toward those who don't seem to fit America's "mainstream." Relying excessively on stereotypes and models of human behavior based on economic self-interest, we too often fail--in public policy-making, legislation, and judicial reasoning--to see one another as fully human. In Poetic Justice, one of our most prominent philosophers and public intellectuals explores how literature can contribute to a more just society. As readers of literature, Nussbaum argues, we may glimpse the interior experiences of other people. Above all, reading asks us to imagine the value of their lives. Through such works as Hard Times and Native Son, Nussbaum shows how novels and novel reading develop a fully humanistic, not pseudo-scientific, conception of public reasoning. She brilliantly illustrates how the literary imagination is not opposed to public rationality, but is an essential ingredient of just public discourse and a democratic society. --From dust jacket.".
- catalog extent "xix, 143 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Poetic justice.".
- catalog identifier "0807041084".
- catalog identifier "9780807041093".
- catalog isFormatOf "Poetic justice.".
- catalog isPartOf "The Alexander Rosenthal lectures".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press,".
- catalog relation "Poetic justice.".
- catalog subject "809/.93358 20".
- catalog subject "Literature Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Literature and society.".
- catalog subject "PN51 .N78 1995".
- catalog subject "Politics and literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface -- 1. The literary imagination -- 2. Fancy -- 3. Rational emotions -- 4. Poets as judges.".
- catalog title "Poetic justice : the literary imagination and public life / Martha C. Nussbaum.".
- catalog type "text".