Poetry against torture : criticism, history, and the human /

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"Set against the dogmas of state regimes that torture, against the misapplications of technology to the destruction of human subjectivities, and against the use of spiritual traditions to suppress human poesis, this book speaks for poetry as the highest form of human consciousness, selfmaking,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bové, Paul A., 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Poetry > Social aspects.
Poetry.
Torture > Moral and ethical aspects.
Social evolution.
Social control.
Humanism.
Liberalism.
Free enterprise.
Poésie.
Évolution sociale.
Contrôle social.
Humanisme.
Libéralisme.
poetry.
humanism.
liberalism.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
POETRY > Asian > General.
Humanität
Lyrik
Humanität.
Lyrik.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Vico and philological criticism
  • Philology and poetry, the case against Descartes
  • Erich Auerbach and invention of man
  • John Stuart Mill, On liberty and criticism
  • John Stuart Mill and the limits of self-making
  • Michel Foucault and the critical care of the self
  • William Empson and the mind: poetry, torture, and civilization.

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