The Ethics of Criticism

Tobin Siebers asserts that literary criticism is essentially a form of ethics. The Ethics of Criticism investigates the moral character of contemporary literary theory, assessing a wide range of theoretical approaches in terms of both the ethical presuppositions underlying the critical claims and th...

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Main Author: Siebers, Tobin (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Ithaca Cornell University Press 1990
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Summary:Tobin Siebers asserts that literary criticism is essentially a form of ethics. The Ethics of Criticism investigates the moral character of contemporary literary theory, assessing a wide range of theoretical approaches in terms of both the ethical presuppositions underlying the critical claims and the attitudes fostered by the approaches. Building on analyses of the moral legacies of Plato, Kant, Nietzsche, and Freud, Siebers identifies the various fronts on which the concerns of critical theory impinge on those of ethics.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (264 p.)
ISBN:9vz9-1k20
9781501721410
9780801497124
9780801421280
9781501721427
9781501728112
Access:Open Access