Skirting the Ethical

by Carol Jacobs

Book Overview

Skirting the Ethical offers highly original readings of six works, each noted for its politico-ethical stance. The first four (Sophocles' Antigone, Plato's Symposium and Republic and Hamann's "Aesthetica in nuce") have a recognized and honored place in the canon. The last two, Sebald's The Emigrants and Jane Campion's film The Piano, are exemplary for our contemporary scene. Nevertheless, the straightforward...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804757909
• ISBN13: 9780804757904
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"