{"product_id":"moral-imagination-david-bromwich-9780691161419","title":"Moral Imagination: Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCompelling essays from one of today's most esteemed cultural critics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpanning many historical and literary contexts, \u003ci\u003eMoral Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e brings together a dozen recent essays by one of America's premier cultural critics. David Bromwich explores the importance of imagination and sympathy to suggest how these faculties may illuminate the motives of human action and the reality of justice. These wide-ranging essays address thinkers and topics from Gandhi and Martin Luther King on nonviolent resistance, to the dangers of identity politics, to the psychology of the heroes of classic American literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBromwich demonstrates that moral imagination allows us to judge the right and wrong of actions apart from any benefit to ourselves, and he argues that this ability is an innate individual strength, rather than a socially conditioned habit. Political topics addressed here include Edmund Burke and Richard Price's efforts to define patriotism in the first year of the French Revolution, Abraham Lincoln's principled work of persuasion against slavery in the 1850s, the erosion of privacy in America under the influence of social media, and the use of euphemism to shade and anesthetize reactions to the global war on terror. Throughout, Bromwich considers the relationship between language and power, and the insights language may offer into the corruptions of power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoral Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e captures the singular voice of one of the most forceful thinkers working in America today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Bromwich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691161410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691161419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.73h x 5.85w x 1.16d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/27\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2014 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2014 pg. 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/19\/2015 pg. 37","brand":"David Bromwich","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120043880703,"sku":"9780691161419","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2ea00810-c859-4643-9c19-191f8aa8cd0c.jpg?v=1687412266","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/moral-imagination-david-bromwich-9780691161419","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}