Martha Nussbaum’s concept of narrative imagination facing academic criticism

Authors

  • Luis Alfonso Argüello Guzmán Instituto de Educación a Distancia; Universidad del Tolima

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/16696581e099

Keywords:

Martha Nussbaum, narrative imagination, academic criticism, reading spheres.

Abstract

This article presents a bibliographic revision about some authors who have presented some claims in favor and against Martha Nussbaum’s concept of narrative imagination. The present revision is developed in three stages: the first one presents the general features of Martha Nussbaum’s claims on the concept of Narrative Imagination. The second stage corresponds to a descriptive revision of the critical statements associated to Nussbaum’s category in question, which are mainly presented in two critical issues: the one from critical ethics and the other comes from literature as moral philosophy. The third part of this article centers its general interest on the conceptual possibilities of narrative imagination and particularly on the potential it has in the encounter of reading spheres in higher education

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Author Biography

Luis Alfonso Argüello Guzmán, Instituto de Educación a Distancia; Universidad del Tolima

Profesor de Teoría Literaria en el el programa de Licenciatura en Literatura y Lengua Castellana del Instituto de Educación a Distancia (IDEAD) de la Universidad del Tolima. Licenciado en Lingüística y Literatura de la Universidad Surcolombiana, Especialista en Pedagogía de la Universidad del Tolima y candidato a Doctor en Humanidades, Humanismo y Persona de la Universidad San Buenaventura, sede Bogotá.

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Published

2018-10-28

How to Cite

Argüello Guzmán, L. A. (2018). Martha Nussbaum’s concept of narrative imagination facing academic criticism. Question/Cuestión, 1(60), e099. https://doi.org/10.24215/16696581e099