Literature, Science, and a New Humanities by J Gottschall

Literature, Science, and a New Humanities by J Gottschall

Literary studies are at a tipping point. . There is broad agreement that the discipline is in crisis - that it is aimless, that its intellectual energy is spent, that all of the trends are bad, and that fundamental change will be required to set things right. But there is little agreement on what those changes should be, and no one can predict which way things will ultimately tip. Literature, Science, and a New Humanities represents a bold new response to the crisis in academic literary studies. This book presents a total challenge to dominant paradigms of literary analysis and offers a sweeping critique of those paradigms, and sketches outlines of a new paradigm inspired by scientific theories, methods, and attitudes.

"This is an exhilarating book - a call for an intellectual revolution made with brio, unstinting reason, and an exciting proof of concept" - Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor, Harvard University and author of The Language Instinct, The Blank Slate, and The Stuff of Thought

"Gottschall is a major star in the emerging field of literary Darwinism. Literature, Science, and a New Humanities makes a brilliant and passionate case that literary studies needs to adopt the research methods of the natural and social sciences in order to combat the intellectual sclerosis that has set in as theory s grip has weakened. The book is beautifully written, highly intelligent, and morally bracing - it is at once a strong challenge, a how-to manual, a manifesto, and a clarion call to change." - Blakey Vermeule, Associate Professor of English, Stanford University

JOHNATHAN GOTTSCHALL is English Instructor, Washington and Jefferson College, USA.

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ISBN 13	9780230609013
ISBN 10	0230609015
Title	Literature, Science, and a New Humanities
Author	J Gottschall
Series	Cognitive Studies In Literature And Performance
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Year published	2008-11-27
Number of pages	217
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