Iris Murdoch and the Art of Imagining

by Marije Altorf

Iris Murdoch and the Art of Imagining offers a new appreciation of Iris Murdoch's philosophy, emphasising the importance of images and the imagination for her thought.

This book is first and foremost a study of Iris Murdoch's philosophical work. It examines how literature and imagination enabled Murdoch to form a philosophical response to the decline of religion. It thus argues that Murdoch is an important philosopher, because she has not...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826497578
• ISBN13: 9780826497574
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"