How literature changes the way we think /
"The capacity of the arts and the humanities, and of literature in particular, to have a meaningful societal impact has been increasingly undervalued in recent history. Both humanists and scientists have tended to think of the arts as a means to represent the world via imagination. Mack maintai...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Continuum International Publishing,
2011.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "The capacity of the arts and the humanities, and of literature in particular, to have a meaningful societal impact has been increasingly undervalued in recent history. Both humanists and scientists have tended to think of the arts as a means to represent the world via imagination. Mack maintains that the arts do not merely describe our world but that they also have the unique and underappreciated power to make us aware of how we can change accustomed forms of perception and action"--provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 194 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-186) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441197818 (electronic) 1441197818 (electronic) |