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Short Stories and Political Philosophy - Power, Prose, and Persuasion

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This book examines the intersection of fictional narratives and political philosophy, focusing specifically on the use of short stories to teach the classic works of political philosophy. It is a resource for scholars and teachers of politics, philosophy, and literature.

Inhaltsverzeichnis










Chapter One: Introduction - Bruce Peabody, Kimberly Hurd Hale, and Erin A. Dolgoy

Chapter Two: Big Data for the Good Life: Ken Liu's "The Perfect Match" - Erin A. Dolgoy

Chapter Three: Paolo Bacigalupi's "Pop Squad" and the Examined Life Worth Living - Kimberly Hurd Hale

Chapter Four: All the World's a Cage: Franz Kafka, "A Hunger Artist" - Timothy McCranor and Steven Michels

Chapter Five: Conflicting Moral Goods: William Faulkner's "Barn Burning" - Mary P. Nichols

Chapter Six: From the Iron Cage to the "Waters of Babylon:" Rationalization and Renewal in a Weberian World - Bruce Peabody

Chapter Seven: The Terrible Justice of Reality: "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" and

the Dilemmas of Political Responsibility - Michael Christopher Sardo

Chapter Eight: Kinship, Community, and the Bureaucratic State: A Study of Wendell Berry's

"Fidelity" - Drew Kennedy Thompson

Chapter Nine: "The Incarnation of My Native Land:" Clover Adams in Henry James'

"Pandora" - Natalie Fuehrer Taylor

Chapter Ten: Jumping at Our Reflection: American Dystopia and Reaction in Shirley Jackson's

"The Lottery" - Abram Trosky

Chapter Eleven: Conclusion - Kimberly Hurd Hale, Bruce Peabody, and Erin A. Dolgoy


Über den Autor / die Autorin

Bruce Peabody is a professor of Government and Law at Fairleigh Dickinson University.Timothy McCranor is doctoral student in the Political Science Department at Boston College.Steven Michels is associate professor of political science at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT. His published work includes a number of articles and chapters on politics and culture.

Steven Michels, Sacred Heart, USA
Bruce Peabody is a professor of Government and Law at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Zusammenfassung

This book examines the intersection of fictional narratives and political philosophy, focusing specifically on the use of short stories to teach the classic works of political philosophy. It is a resource for scholars and teachers of politics, philosophy, and literature.

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