Philosophy, Literature and the Human Good [Paperback]

In this provocative new examination of the philosophical, moral and religious significance of literature, Michael Weston explores the role of literature in both analytic and continental traditions. He initiates a dialogue between them and investigates the growing importance of these issues for major contemporary thinkers.
Each chapter explores a philosopher or literary figure who has written on the relation between literature and the good life, such as Derrida, Kierkegaard, Murdoch and Blanchot. Challenging and insightful, Philosophy, Literature and the Human Good is ideal for all students of philosophy and literature.Examines the role of literature in ethics and moral philosophy. Includes readings from key figures such as Bataille, Kierkegaard, Rorty and Iris Murdoch.Michael Weston is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of EssexPreface. Introduction. 1. Life as Art: Kant, Schlegel, Nietzsche 2. Georges Bataille: The Impossible 3.Maurice Blanchot: Literature's Space 4. Jacques Derrida: The Staging of Deconstruction 5. Iris Murdoch: The Transcendant Goog 6. Martha Nussbaum: Moral Fortune 7. Richard Rorty: Philosophy as Literature 8. Stanley Cavell: Language, Therapy and Pefectionism 9. A Kierkegaardian Intervention 10. D.Z. Philipps: The Mediation of Sense 11. A Concluding Reading: Joseph Conread's Lord JimUS? 2001 Michael Weston