Between terror and freedom : politics, philosophy, and fiction speak of modernity
"In this volume, Simona Goi and Frederick M. Dolan gather stimulating arguments for the indispensability of fiction--including poetry, drama, and film--as irreplaceable sites for wrestling with nature, meaning, shortcomings, and the future of modern politics. Between Terror and Freedom brings to the surface an understanding of modernity as a multifaceted and dynamic narrative as it relates to politics, philosophy, and fiction. Collecting essays across fields, Goi and Dolan challenge strict disciplinary boundaries. This is not meant to be read as another contribution to the debate of whether literature is, can, or should be political. Between Terror and Freedom instead reveals how literature illuminates and expands our understanding of philosophical and political questions. Political theorists, philosophers, cultural scholars, and rhetoricians offer a fresh perspective on the questions of our age and the paradoxes of modernity when they read literature."--Publisher's website
Fictional Work
xxvi, 375 pages ; 24 cm
9780739111840, 0739111841
70839774
Thinking and poetry / Frederick M. Dolan
Phantom wisdom / Michael MacDonald
Cervantes as educator / Joshua Foa Dienstag
Albert Camus on tragedy and the ambiguity of politics / Jeffrey C. Isaac
Stirring up of passion / Andrew Seligsohn
On the "terror" of polis freedom / Josef Chytry
Theodicies of corruption / Peter Euben
Despotic observation / Marianne Constable
Food and freedom in The Flounder / Hanna F. Pitkin
"O happy living thing" / Anne-Lise Francois
Against heroes / Simona Goi
A superior disorder / Ramona Naddaff
Written and unwritten America / Simon Stow