Jerome C. Foss

Flannery O'Connor and the Perils of Governing by Tenderness

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Flannery Oâ Connorâ s fiction continues to haunt American readers, in part because of its uncanny ability to remind us who we are and what we need. This book reveals the extent to which Oâ Connor was a serious reader of the history of political philosophy and why Oâ Connor feared that the habit to govern by tenderness would lead to terror.

Produktdetails

• Politics, Literature, & Film
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9781498532617
• ISBN-10: 1498532616
• Artikelnr.: 60499467

Autorenporträt

Jerome C. Foss is associate professor of politics at Saint Vincent College.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Mystery, Manners, and Regimes
2. The Ancient View of Politics
3. The Intelligent Holiness of the Medieval Mind
4. The First Modern Man: The Master of Things
5. The Second Modern Man: Caught in a Maze of Guilt
6. The Third Modern Man: Feeling About for the Lost God
7. Returning to the Source of Tenderness
8. Concluding Reflection: Motes and Rawls in America