Tag Archives: Karl Marx

We Need Disturbing Lit If We Are to Grow

If we want literature to improve our lives, often we must read–and teach–works that unsettle.

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An Inspiring Poem for an Inspiring Leader

Kavanagh’s inspiring poem about labor leader Jim Larkin describes a man who got men to think outside of conventional boundaries.

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Is Kevin McCarthy a Macbeth? Nah

Is Kevin McCarthy like Macbeth? A little bit yes when it comes to ambition but more no.

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Poetry Helps Balance Realism & Hope

Poetry not only calls out society’s ills but offers us hope.

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Marx & Engels on the Usefulness of Lit

Marx and Engels see literature as playing a role in class conflict, just not the major role.

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Why I Think the Way I Think

I survey my intellectual history, especially the evolution of my thinking about literature’s impact on human behavior.

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Does Lightweight Lit Do Damage?

I look at how thinkers over the centuries have viewed so-called popular or lightweight literature.

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Theories about Lit’s Impact

A transcript of a talk given at the University of Ljubljana on “how literature changes lives.”

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Art Is the Path to Liberation

Nick Brown, a very bright philosophy and English double major, reflects on how to live a worthwhile life. An aesthetic approach to life is at the core of his argument.

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