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John Ruskin And the Ethics of Consumption (Studies in Religion & Culture Series)
David M. Craig
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Description for John Ruskin And the Ethics of Consumption (Studies in Religion & Culture Series)
Hardcover. Talking about the Victorian critic and public intellectual John Ruskin, this work recovers both Ruskin's critique of economic life and his public practice of moral imagination. It recasts interpretations of Ruskin's place in 19th-century literature and aesthetics, and challenges nostalgic diagnoses of the supposed historical loss of virtue ethics. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; HRA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 794.
The first book on the Victorian critic and public intellectual John Ruskin by a scholar of religion and ethics, this work recovers both Ruskin's engaged critique of economic life and his public practice of moral imagination. With its reading of Ruskin as an innovative contributor to a tradition of ethics concerned with character, culture, and community, this book recasts established interpretations of Ruskin's place in nineteenth-century literature and aesthetics, challenges nostalgic diagnoses of the supposed historical loss of virtue ethics, and demonstrates the limitations of any politics that eschews common purpose as vital to individual agency and social welfare. Although ... Read more
The first book on the Victorian critic and public intellectual John Ruskin by a scholar of religion and ethics, this work recovers both Ruskin's engaged critique of economic life and his public practice of moral imagination. With its reading of Ruskin as an innovative contributor to a tradition of ethics concerned with character, culture, and community, this book recasts established interpretations of Ruskin's place in nineteenth-century literature and aesthetics, challenges nostalgic diagnoses of the supposed historical loss of virtue ethics, and demonstrates the limitations of any politics that eschews common purpose as vital to individual agency and social welfare. Although ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Religion and Culture
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813925585
SKU
V9780813925585
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About David M. Craig
David M. Craig is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
Reviews for John Ruskin And the Ethics of Consumption (Studies in Religion & Culture Series)
David Craig's great book on the perennial wisdom of John Ruskin reignites a much-needed dialogue between this sad genius and twenty-first-century cultural critics. This is a Ruskin for - and against - our time! - Cornel West, Princeton University