Modernism, Ethics and the Political Imagination: Living Wrong Life Rightly

by Ben Ware

Book Overview

In this groundbreaking new study, Ben Ware carries out a bold reassessment of the relationship between modernism and ethics, arguing that modernist literature and philosophy offer more than simply a snapshot of the moral conflicts of the past: they provide a crucial point of reference for today's emancipatory struggles. Modernism in this assessment is characterized not only by a concern with language and aesthetic creativity, but also by a preoccupation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 134971710X
• ISBN13: 9781349717101
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"