Literature as Moral Philosophy
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 20 August 2026
- ISBN 9781350456143
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages296 pages
- Size 216x138 mm
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Short description:
A collection of essays on the practice of reading literature for moral and philosophical content.
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This collection of incisive essays is a nuanced interrogation of the suitability of literature as a vehicle for moral philosophy - a complex debate at the intersection of ethics and aesthetics.
What connects these different perspectives is a central question: is literature is an appropriate medium for approaching and unpicking moral, ethical and philosophical questions? And what insights does its form allow? Whilst some thinkers have charged literature as the source of feelings of resentment and alienation, others have argued that it is the most fertile ground for the development a moral imagination. Indeed, numerous philosophers have shown a great deal of interest in the possibility of reading literature as a philosophical exercise, with proponents such as Martha Nussbaum and Iris Murdoch leading the quest for a philosophical style which is more representative of human experience than abstract, analytic texts.
This volume brings together 12 exciting new contributions to this debate, contextualised by a comprehensive and in-depth editorial introduction that delves into its conceptual lineage. Grouped into three thematic sections, chapters explore literature's ability to be argumentative, its potential to bring about moral growth, and the rich diversity of philosophical thought across different literary genres.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Editor's Introduction, Grace Whistler
Part One: Literature as Argument
1. Reading as a Way of Seeing: Literature and the Perception of Place, Ghazouane Arslane, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
2. Jean Paul's Critique of Kant's Ethics and Theory of Immortality, Jon Stewart, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
3. Perfomativity and/or Heterobiography: Judith Butler and Mikhail Bakhtin, Daphna Erdinast-Vulcan, The University of Haifa, Israel
4. The Dream of Reason: Parables and Monsters in the Novels of Giannina Braschi, Grace Whistler, Association of Colleges, UK
Part Two: Literature for Moral Growth
5. Ethics, Literature and the Potential for Change, Nora H-m-l-inen, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic
6. The Value of Literature: Morality and Meaning, Christopher Hamilton, King's College London, UK
7. Becoming Human: Literature and Moral Growth, Anthony J. Cascardi, University of California, Berkeley, USA
8. The Ethics of Narrative Art: Philosophy in Schools, Compassion and Learning from Stories, Laura D'Olimpio and Andrew Peterson, both University of Birmingham, UK
Part Three: The Genres of Philosophy
9. Albert Camus and the Literary Evolution of Theatrum Mundi, Sophie Bastien, The Royal Military College of Canada
10. The Myth of Faust and the Idea of Transgression, John Krapp, Hofstra University, USA
11. The Sorrow of the Lone One: Existential Despair in Mary Shelley's The Last Man, Katalin Nun Stewart, independent scholar
12. 'The Salamander of the Human Soul': The Melodrama of Scepticism in Dostoevsky and Tarkovsky, Stephen Mulhall, University of Oxford, UK
