Narrative and Truth [electronic resource] : An Ethical and Dynamic Paradigm for the Humanities /
Emslie, Barry.author.
In this book, Emslie establishes that narrative explanations are to be preferred over non-narrative in the humanities. They are more truthful in two senses. They both correspond more closely to reality and allow inference as to normative values. This is particularly the case when aesthetics are added to the mix.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An overview -- Marxist humanism: (Hegel, Marx, Lukács, Eagleton, Habermas) -- Women and writing: (women theorists, women novelists, Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë) -- Freud: (science as narrative, a perverse and singular teleology, certainty masquerading as doubt) -- Philosophy and fatherland: (German transcendentalism, aesthetics, and nationalism) -- Realism: (Brecht, sport, the Bible, Lenin, conspiracy theories) -- Death.
In this book, Emslie establishes that narrative explanations are to be preferred over non-narrative in the humanities. They are more truthful in two senses. They both correspond more closely to reality and allow inference as to normative values. This is particularly the case when aesthetics are added to the mix.
Sociology.
Political philosophy.
Social sciences—Philosophy.
Political theory.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Cultural studies.
Sociological Theory.
Political Philosophy.
Social Philosophy.
Political Theory.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Cultural Studies.