Anton (Hrsg.) Leist

J. M. Coetzee and Ethics

Philosophical Perspectives on Literature

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In 2003, the South African writer J. M. Coetzee was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for a tradition of work that questioned widely shared ethical assumptions. In his portrayal of racial repression, sexual politics, the guises of reason, and human beings hypocrisy toward animals and nature, Coetzee had become, in the words of the prize committee, a scrupulous doubter, ruthless in his criticism of the cruel rationalism and cosmetic morality of western civilization. Tackling Coetzee's extensive and extraordinary corpus and paying particular attention to the author's representation of the human-animal relationship, Anton Leist and Peter Sin… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Singer, Peter (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-231-14841-2
EAN: 9780231148412
Produktnummer: 5638642
Verlag: Columbia University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 408 S.
Masse: H22.7 cm x B15.3 cm x D2.1 cm 550 g
Gewicht: 550
Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor

Anton Leist is professor of philosophy at the Ethics-Center of the University of Zurich. His books include A Question of Life, Good Action, Ethics of Social Relationships, and Action in Context. Peter Singer is Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University and Laureate Professor at the University of Melbourne. His books include Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, Rethinking Life and Death, and The Life You Can Save.