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Reading as a philosophical practice / Robert Piercey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Piercey, Robert, author.
- Series:
- Anthem studies in bibliotherapy and well-being
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Books and reading--Philosophy.
- Books and reading.
- Bibliotherapy.
- Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 130 pages)
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- London : Anthem Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1. Philosophizing about Reading: The Very Idea
- Reading Matters
- Reading as a Philosophical Activity
- Haven't I Read This Story Before?
- Fanfare for the Common Reader
- Two Objections
- 2. The Reading Self
- Lost in a Book
- Describing the Act of Reading
- Further Steps
- 3. The Reading Life
- About a Boy
- What to Read
- Rereading
- How to Feel about Oneself as a Reader
- Stories and Quests
- 4. Ethics from Reading?
- Improving Reading
- The Supply-Side Approach
- The Conversational Approach
- A Hermeneutical Approach
- Where This Leaves Us
- 5. Ethics of Reading?
- Responsible Readers
- Two Kinds of Responsibilities
- A Deontological Approach
- An Alterior Approach
- A Eudaimonistic Approach
- Practices, Traditions and History
- 6. Reading Things
- Here's the Thing
- Relating to Books
- Collecting the Virtual
- Collecting Writ Large
- Collecting the Collectors
- 7. The Future of the Common Reader
- A Digital Future?
- Changing Practices
- Changing the Questions
- Changing Philosophy
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Piercey, Robert. Reading as a philosophical practice.
- ISBN:
- 9781785276095
- 1785276093
- 9781785276088
- 1785276085
- Publisher Number:
- 40030488956
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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