The humanities and public life / edited by Peter Brooks with Hilary Jewett.

Other author Brooks, Peter, 1938-
Other author Jewett, Hilary.
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoNew York : Fordham University Press, 2014.
Descriptionvii, 164 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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Contents Introduction / Peter Brooks -- Ordinary incredulous / Judith Butler -- Poetry, injury, and the ethics of reading / Elaine Scarry -- The ethics of reading / Charles Larmore -- Responses and discussion / Kwame Anthony Appiah, Jonathan Culler, Derek Attridge -- The raw and the half-cooked / Patricia J. Williams -- Conquering the obstacles to kingdom and fate : the ethics of reading and the university administrator / Ralph J. Hexter (with Craig Buckwald) -- Responses and discussion / Richard Sennett, Michael Roth, William Germano -- The call of another's words / Jonathan Lear -- On humanities and human rights / Paul W. Kahn -- Responses and discussion / Kim Lane Scheppele, Didier Fassin.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013025465
ISBN9780823257041 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780823257058 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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