Alan Singer Books
Aesthetic Reason
By Alan Singer
"In recent years the category of the aesthetic has been judged inadequate to the tasks of literary criticism. It has been attacked for promoting class-based ideologies of distinction, for cultivati...
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The Self-deceiving Muse
By Alan Singer
"Focuses on the phenomenon of self-deception, and proposes a radical revision of our commonplace understanding of it as a token of irrationality. Argues that self-deception can illuminate the ratio...
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Work trucks
By Alan Singer
Introduces a variety of trucks, including a tractor-trailer hauling a load, a garbage truck keeping a city clean, and an ice-cream truck bringing treats.
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The subject as action
By Alan Singer
In The Subject as Action: Transformation and Totality in Narrative Aesthetics, Alan Singer posits "narrative aesthetics" as a crucial link between post Enlightenment philosophical skepticism about...
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