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Literature cultivates 'deep selves' for whom books matter because they take over from religion fundamental questions about the meaning of existence. This volume embraces and questions this perspective, whilst also developing a 'new humanist' critical vocabulary which specifies, a...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Mousley, Andy (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:
Philosophy.
Ethics.
Literary Theory.
Political Philosophy.
Social Philosophy.
Literature > Philosophy.
Political science > Philosophy.
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Literature cultivates 'deep selves' for whom books matter because they take over from religion fundamental questions about the meaning of existence. This volume embraces and questions this perspective, whilst also developing a 'new humanist' critical vocabulary which specifies, and therefore opens to debate, the human significance of literature.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XII, 244 pages)
ISBN:9780230297647
DOI:10.1057/9780230297647