Literature and the Political Imagination (Routledge Studies in Development) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 041512915X ISBN 13: 9780415129152

Publisher: Routledge, 1996

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

John Horton is Reader in Political Theory at Keele University.,
Andrea T. Baumeister is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Manchester.

From the Back Cover

This book argues that literature can make a valuable contribution to political understanding, theory and argument.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041512915X
• ISBN 13: 9780415129152
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 270
• Editor: Baumeister Andrea T., Horton John