How literature changes the way we think /:

"The capacity of the arts and the humanities, and of literature in particular, to have a meaningful societal impact has been increasingly undervalued in recent history. Both humanists and scientists have tended to think of the arts as a means to represent the world via imagination. Mack maintai...

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1. Verfasser: Mack, Michael, 1969-2020
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Continuum, 2011.
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Zusammenfassung:"The capacity of the arts and the humanities, and of literature in particular, to have a meaningful societal impact has been increasingly undervalued in recent history. Both humanists and scientists have tended to think of the arts as a means to represent the world via imagination. Mack maintains that the arts do not merely describe our world but that they also have the unique and underappreciated power to make us aware of how we can change accustomed forms of perception and action"--Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:1 online resource (vi, 194 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-186) and index.
ISBN:9781441197818
1441197818
1283380412
9781283380416
9781472542465
1472542460
9781441137630
1441137637

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