The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Literature / edited by Noël Carroll and John Gibson

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Introduction: A Plea for Complexity 1. Political Liberalism, Public Reason, and Religion: John Rawls 2. Public Reason Contested: Religion, Citizenship, and Inclusion 3. Postsecularism, Translation, and Religion: Jürgen Habermas 4. Republicanism: Between Non-domination, the Common Good, and Civil Religion 5. Charles Taylor’s Hermeneutics of Modernity: Secularization, Recognition, and Inclusive Liberalism 6. Multiculturalism and its Critics: From Rise to Fall? 7. The Conundrum of Gender Equality and Religion: Between the Autonomy and the Capability Approach 8. Democracy and Postmodernism: Richard Rorty and Gianni Vattimo 9. Globalization and the Ambivalence of Religion

Summary: The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Literature is an in-depth examination of literature through a philosophical lens, written by distinguished figures across the major divisions of philosophy. Its 40 newly-commissioned essays are divided into six sections: historical foundations what is literature? aesthetics & appreciation meaning & interpretation metaphysics & epistemology ethics & political theory The Companion opens with a comprehensive historical overview of the philosophy of literature, including chapters on the study’s ancient origins up to the 18th-20th centuries. The second part defines literature and its different categories. The third part covers the aesthetics of literature. The fourth and fifth sections discuss the meaning and consequences of philosophical interpretation of literature, as well as epistemological and metaphysical issues such as literary cognitivism and imaginative resistance. The sixth section contextualizes the place of philosophy of literature in the "real world" with essays on topics such as morality, politics, race and gender. Fully indexed, with helpful further reading sections at the end of each chapter, this Companion is an ideal starting point for those coming to philosophy of literature for the first time as well as a valuable reference for readers more familiar with the subject.

List(s) this item appears in: New Arrivals 15-30 November 2025, Vol. 06, Issue 31

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Introduction: A Plea for Complexity

1. Political Liberalism, Public Reason, and Religion: John Rawls

2. Public Reason Contested: Religion, Citizenship, and Inclusion

3. Postsecularism, Translation, and Religion: Jürgen Habermas

4. Republicanism: Between Non-domination, the Common Good, and Civil Religion

5. Charles Taylor’s Hermeneutics of Modernity: Secularization, Recognition, and Inclusive Liberalism

6. Multiculturalism and its Critics: From Rise to Fall?

7. The Conundrum of Gender Equality and Religion: Between the Autonomy and the Capability Approach

8. Democracy and Postmodernism: Richard Rorty and Gianni Vattimo

9. Globalization and the Ambivalence of Religion

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Literature is an in-depth examination of literature through a philosophical lens, written by distinguished figures across the major divisions of philosophy. Its 40 newly-commissioned essays are divided into six sections:

historical foundations

what is literature?

aesthetics & appreciation

meaning & interpretation

metaphysics & epistemology

ethics & political theory
The Companion opens with a comprehensive historical overview of the philosophy of literature, including chapters on the study’s ancient origins up to the 18th-20th centuries. The second part defines literature and its different categories. The third part covers the aesthetics of literature. The fourth and fifth sections discuss the meaning and consequences of philosophical interpretation of literature, as well as epistemological and metaphysical issues such as literary cognitivism and imaginative resistance. The sixth section contextualizes the place of philosophy of literature in the "real world" with essays on topics such as morality, politics, race and gender.

Fully indexed, with helpful further reading sections at the end of each chapter, this Companion is an ideal starting point for those coming to philosophy of literature for the first time as well as a valuable reference for readers more familiar with the subject.

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