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

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

Erin A. Dolgoy is assistant professor of political science at Rhodes College.

Kimberly Hurd Hale is assistant professor of politics at Coastal Carolina University.

Bruce Peabody is professor of political science at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Erin A. Dolgoy, Erin A. Hale Dolgoy, Kimberly Hurd Peabody Hale
• Assisted by: Erin Dolgoy (Editor), Erin A. Dolgoy (Editor), Kimberly Hurd Hale (Editor), Bruce Peabody (Editor), Peabody Bruce (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781498573658
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-7365-8
• No. of pages: 278
• Series: Politics, Literature, & Film; Politics, Literature, & Film
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Literature: history & criticism, Politics and government, Political science and theory, Literature: history and criticism