Literature and the political imagination

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Literature and the political imagination

edited by John Horton and Andrea T. Baumeister

Routledge, 1996

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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ISBN 9780415129145

Description

This volume shows how modern political theory can be enriched through an engagement with works of literature. It uses the resources of literature to explore issues such as nationalism, liberal philosophy, utopiansim, narrative and the role of theory in political thought. A variety of approaches are adopted and the aim is to show some of the many and diverse ways in which literature may enrich political theorising, as well as considering some of the problems to which this may give rise. The theorists discussed include Richard Rorty, Alasdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor, and Martha Nussbaum. There are literary references from Greek tradegy, Jonathan Swift, Brian Moore, Elizabeth Bowen and contemporary feminist utopian fiction. All the contributors have a long-standing interest in the relations between literature and moral and political thought. They are concerned not to be restricted by conventional academic boundaries and are not united by any party-line or uniformity of intellectual commitments. This volume will be of great interest to all students engaged in the study of politics and literature.

Table of Contents

Preface Contributors 1. Literature, Philosophy and Political Theory 2. Taking the Narrative Turn: What the Novel has to offer Political Theory 3. 'What of Soul was left I wonder?' The Narrative Self in Political Philosophy 4. Life, Literature and Ethical Theory: Martha Nussbaum on the Role of the Literary Imagination in Ethical Thought 5. Modes of Political Imagining 6. Literature and Moral Choice 7. The Aloofness of Liberal Politics: Can Imaginative Literature furnish a private space? 8. 'Breathes there the man with soul so dead ... '. Reflections on Patriotic Poetry and Liberal Principles 9. The Idea of a National Literature 10. The Anti-Imperialism of George Orwell 11. Contemporary Feminist Utopianism: Practising Utopia on Utopia
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: pbk ISBN 9780415129152

Description

This volume shows how modern political theory can be enriched through an engagement with works of literature. It uses the resources of literature to explore issues such as nationalism, liberal philosophy, utopiansim, narrative and the role of theory in political thought. A variety of approaches are adopted and the aim is to show some of the many and diverse ways in which literature may enrich political theorising, as well as considering some of the problems to which this may give rise. The theorists discussed include Richard Rorty, Alasdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor, and Martha Nussbaum. There are literary references from Greek tradegy, Jonathan Swift, Brian Moore, Elizabeth Bowen and contemporary feminist utopian fiction. All the contributors have a long-standing interest in the relations between literature and moral and political thought. They are concerned not to be restricted by conventional academic boundaries and are not united by any party-line or uniformity of intellectual commitments. This volume will be of great interest to all students engaged in the study of politics and literature.

Table of Contents

  • Chapter 1 Literature, philosophy and political theory, John Horton, Andrea T. Baumeister
  • Chapter 2 Taking the narrative turn, Maureen Whitebrook
  • Chapter 3 'What of soul was left, I wonder?', Susan Mendus
  • Chapter 4 Life, literature and ethical theory, John Horton
  • Chapter 5 Modes of political imagining, Martin Warner
  • Chapter 6 Literature and moral choice, Anthony Arblaster
  • Chapter 7 The aloofness of liberal politics, Paul Seabright
  • Chapter 8 'Breathes there the man, with soul so dead...', Margaret Canovan
  • Chapter 9 The idea of a national literature, Paul Gilbert
  • Chapter 10 The anti-imperialism of George Orwell, Stephen Ingle
  • Chapter 11 Contemporary feminist Utopianism, Lucy Sargisson

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