Iris Murdoch
A Reassessment
Published on 1. January 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIX, 236 pages
978-1-349-28115-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book is an eclectic mix of essays that reposition Murdoch's work in relation to current debates in philosophy, theology, literature, gender and sexuality, and authorship. The essays refine, develop or contest previous readings, and blur the distinction between liberal humanist and theoretical positions, suggesting negotiations between them.
Reviews / Votes
'Anne Rowe has brought together a strong cast to write about Murdoch and theology, philosophy and fiction. This, then, is an ambitious project and a much needed one, as Murdoch is famous for using different registers for different purposes... Iris Murdoch: A Reassessment presents robust, new material, building on excellent work...' - Dr. Alison Scott-Baumann, The Iris Murdoch Review
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Edition
1st ed. 2007
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XIX, 236 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
308 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-28115-2 (9781349281152)
DOI
10.1057/9780230625174
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MARIJE ALTORF Lecturer in Philosophy, St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill, UK
MARIA ANTONACCIO Associate Professor of Religion, Bucknell University, USA
EDITH BRUGMANS Professor of Philosophy, Leiden University and Associate Professor of Philosophy of Law, Radboud University, The Netherlands
PETER J. CONRADI Emeritus Professor of English, Kingston University and Honarary Research Fellow, University College, London, UK
TAMMY GRIMSHAW Recently completed her PhD studies at University of Leeds, UK
RIVKA ISAACSON Currently undertaking post-doctoral investigations at Imperial College, London, UK
PRISCILLA MARTIN Teaches English and Classics at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, UK
CHRISTOPHER MOLE Postdoctoral Fellow in the Philosophy/Neuroscience/Psychology Programme, Washington University, St Louis, USA
STEPHEN MULHALL Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, New College, Oxford, UK
BRAN NICOL Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Portsmouth, UK
SUGUNA RAMANATHAN Retired as Head, English Department and Dean of Arts Faculty, St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad, India
ALEX RAMON Part-time Lecturer, University of Reading, UK
NICK TURNER Teaching Fellow, University of Manchester, UK
SAMANTHA VICE Lecturer in Philosophy, Rhodes University, South Africa
Content
Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Notes on References and Abbreviations Preface; P.J.Conradi Introduction: 'A Large Hall of Reflection'; A.Rowe PART 1: REINSTATING THEOLOGY Reconsidering Murdoch's Moral Philosophy and Theology; M.Antonaccio 'All the World Must be Religious': Iris Murdoch's Ontological Arguments; S.Mulhall Iris Murdoch's Deconstructive Theology; S.Ramanathan PART 2: RECONSIDERING MORAL PHILOSOPHY Murdoch on the Impossibility of Moral Scepticism; E.Brugmans The Ethics of Self-Concern; S.Vice Virtue, Ethics, Self-Regard and The Sovereignty of Good; C.Mole PART 3: REVISITING 'THE SAINT AND THE ARTIST' The Ascetic Impulse in Iris Murdoch's Thought or The Saint and The Artist Revisited; M.Antonaccio The Curse of The Bell : The Ethics and Aesthetics of Narrative; B.Nicol PART 4: RE-READING LITERATURE Saint Iris? Murdoch and the Modern Literary Canon; N.Turner Houses of Fiction: Iris Murdoch and Henry James; P.Martin Accepting the 'Other': Iris Murdoch and Carol Shields; A.Ramon 'Policemen in Search of a Team': Iris Murdoch's The Black Prince and Ian McEwan's Atonement; A.Rowe PART 5: RENEGOTIATING GENDER, SEXUALITY AND FEMINISM Plato, Foucault and Beyond: Ethics, Beauty and Bisexuality in The Good Apprentice; T.Grimshaw Michele Le Doeuff and the Philosophical Imaginary; M.Altorf PART 6: REINVESTIGATING NEGATIVE CAPABILITY Iris Murdoch, Freud and Negative Capability; P.J.Conradi Alzheimer's Amyloid Analogy: Disease Depicted Through A Word Child; R.Isaacson Index