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Fiction, Philosophy and the Ideal of Conversation
Engelsk Hardback
Fiction, Philosophy and the Ideal of Conversation
Engelsk Hardback

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The ideal of ‘conversation’ recurs in modern thought as a symbol and practice central to ethics, democratic politics, and thinking itself. Interweaving readings of fiction and philosophy in a ‘conversational’ style inspired by Stanley Cavell, Fiction, Philosophy, and the Ideal of Conversation clarifies this lofty yet vague ideal, while developing a revitalizing model for interdisciplinary literary studies. It argues that conversation is key to exemplary responses to sceptical doubt in ordinary language and political philosophy – where scepticism threatens ethics and democratic politics – and in works of British fiction spanning from Jane Austen through Ali Smith. It shows that for these writers, conversation can shift attention from metaphysical doubts regarding our capacity to know ‘reality’ and other people, to ethical, democratic, and aesthetic action. The book moreover proposes – and models – ‘conversational criticism’ as a framework linking literary studies to broader political and ethical commitments, while remaining responsive to aesthetic form.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
256
ISBN-13:
9781399520218
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1399520210
Udg. Dato:
31 dec 2023
Længde:
20mm
Bredde:
241mm
Højde:
161mm
Forlag:
Edinburgh University Press
Oplagsdato:
31 dec 2023
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