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Short stories and political philosophy : power, prose, and persuasion / edited by Erin A. Dolgoy; Kimberly Hurd Hale, and Bruce Peabody.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Politics, literature, & film
- Politics, literature, and film
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Short stories, American--History and criticism.
- Short stories, American.
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Politics and literature.
- Political science--Philosophy--Study and teaching.
- Political science.
- Political science--Philosophy.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- x, 267 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]
- Summary:
- "This book examines the intersection of fictional narratives and political philosophy, focusing specifically on the use of short stories to teach the classic works of political philosophy. It is a resource for scholars and teachers of politics, philosophy, and literature"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Big data for the good life: Ken Liu's "The perfect match" / Erin A. Dolgoy
- Paolo Bacigalupi's "Pop squad" and the examined life worth living / Kimberly Hurd Hale
- All the world's a cage: Franz Kafka, "A hunger artist" / Timothy McCranor and Steven Michels
- Conflicting moral goods: William Faulkner's "Barn burning" / Mary P. Nichols
- From the iron cage to the "Waters of Babylon": rationalization and renewal in a Weberian world / Bruce Peabody
- The terrible justice of reality: suffering, structural injustice, and the dilemmas of policital responsibility in "The ones who walk away from Omelas" / Michael Christopher Sardo
- Kinship, community, and the bureaucratic state: a study of Wendell Berry's "Fidelity" / Drew Kennedy Thompson
- "The incarnation of my native land": Clover Adams in Henry James' "Pandora" / Natalie Fuehrer Taylor
- Jumping at our reflection: American dystopia and reaction in Shirley Jackson's "The lottery" / Abram Trosky.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Short stories and political philosophy
- ISBN:
- 9781498573658
- 1498573657
- 9781498573672
- 1498573673
- OCLC:
- 1078953446
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