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100 1 $aNussbaum, Martha C.$q(Martha Craven),$d1947-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78028978
245 10 $aPoetic justice :$bthe literary imagination and public life /$cMartha C. Nussbaum.
260 $aBoston, Mass. :$bBeacon Press,$c[1995], ©1995.
263 $a9510
300 $axix, 143 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aPublic discourse has become increasingly vitriolic and punitive toward those who don't seem to fit America's "mainstream." Relying excessively on stereotypes and models of human behavior based on economic self-interest, we too often fail - in public policy-making, legislation, and judicial reasoning - to see one another as fully human.
520 8 $aIn Poetic Justice, one of our most prominent philosophers and public intellectuals explores how literature can contribute to a more just society. As readers of literature, Nussbaum argues, we may glimpse the interior experiences of other people. Above all, reading asks us to imagine the value of their lives.
520 8 $aThrough such works as Hard Times and Native Son, Nussbaum shows how novels and novel reading develop a fully humanistic, not pseudo-scientific, conception of public reasoning. She brilliantly illustrates how the literary imagination is not opposed to public rationality, but is an essential ingredient of just public discourse and a democratic society.
650 0 $aPolitics and literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85104470
650 0 $aLiterature and society.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85077572
852 00 $bglx$hPN51$i.N78 1995
852 00 $bbar$hPN51$i.N78 1995