Murdochian Mind

<p>Iris Murdoch was a philosopher and novelist of extraordinary breadth and originality whose work defies simple categorisation. Her philosophical writing engages with an astonishingly wide range of figures, from Plato and Kant to Sartre and Heidegger, and her work increasingly inspires debate in ethics, aesthetics, religion, and literature.</p><p>The Murdochian Mind is an outstanding reference source to the full span of Murdoch's philosophical work, comprising 37 specially commissioned chapters written by an international team of leading scholars. Divided into five clear parts, the volume covers the following areas:</p><ul> <li>A guide to Murdoch's key philosophical texts, including <i>The Sovereignty of Good</i> and <i>Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals.</i> </li> <li>Core themes and concepts in Murdoch's philosophy, such as love, moral vision, and attention.</li> <li>Murdoch's engagement with the history of philosophy, including Plato, Kant, Hegel, Simone Weil, and Wittgenstein. </li> <li>Interdisciplinary connections with art, literature, and religion, including Judaism, Buddhism, and Christianity.</li> <li>Murdoch and contemporary philosophical debates, including feminism, virtue ethics, and metaethics.</li> <li>The application of Murdoch’s thought to applied ethics, including animal ethics, psychiatric ethics, and the environment.</li> </ul><p>Although recent years have seen a blossoming of interest in Murdoch’s philosophy, <i>The Murdochian Mind</i> is the first volume to do justice to the incredibly rich and wide-ranging nature of her work. As such it will be of great interest to students of philosophy, especially ethics and aesthetics, as well as those in related disciplines such as literature, religion, and gender studies.</p> <p>Introduction <i>Silvia Caprioglio Panizza and Mark Hopwood </i><strong>Part 1: Reading Murdoch </strong>1. The Importance of Murdoch`s early encounters with Marcel and Anscombe <i>Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman </i>2. How to read <i>The Sovereignty of Good Justin Broackes </i>3. How to read<i> The Fire and the Sun David Robjant </i>4. How to read <i>Acastos</i>: Murdoch’s Platonic dialogues <i>Hannah Marije Altorf </i>5. How to read <i>Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals Mark Hopwood </i>6. How Iris Murdoch can change your life <i>Frances White </i>7. Murdoch and me: A personal reflection <i>Stanley Hauerwas </i><strong>Part 2: </strong><strong>Core themes and concepts </strong>8. Thinking, language, and concepts <i>Niklas Forsberg </i>9. Inwardness in ethics <i>Sophie Grace Chappell </i>10. Moral vision <i>Anil Gomes </i>11. Attention <i>Silvia Caprioglio Panizza </i>12. Love <i>Christopher Cordner </i>13. Virtue <i>Maria Silvia Vaccarezza </i>14. The Good <i>Craig Taylor </i>15. The ontological argument <i>Nora Hämäläinen </i>16. Care for the ordinary <i>Sandra Laugier </i><strong>Part 3: Critical encounters </strong>17. Murdoch and Plato <i>Catherine Rowett </i>18. Murdoch and Kant <i>Melissa Merritt </i>19. Murdoch and Hegel <i>Gary Browning </i>20. Murdoch and Heidegger <i>Michelle Mahoney </i>21. Murdoch and Sartre <i>Alison Scott-Baumann </i>22. Murdoch and Weil <i>Eva-Maria Düringer </i>23. Murdoch and Wittgenstein <i>Anne-Marie Søndergaard Christensen </i>24. Murdoch and K.E. Løgstrup <i>Robert Stern </i><strong>Part 4: Art, religion, and politics </strong>25. Art, beauty, and morality <i>Chiara Brozzo and Andy Hamilton </i>26. Is Murdoch a philosophical novelist? <i>Miles Leeson </i>27. Writing morally <i>Rowan Williams</i> 28. Murdoch and Christianity <i>Elizabeth Burns </i>29. Murdoch and Buddhism <i>Christopher W. Gowans </i>30. Murdoch and Jewish thought <i>Victor Jeleniewski Seidler </i>31. Murdoch and politics <i>Lawrence Blum </i>32. Murdoch and feminism <i>Lucy Bolton </i><strong>Part 5: Contemporary moral issues </strong>33. Nature and the environment <i>Lucy Oulton </i>34. Loving attention to animals <i>Tony Milligan </i>35. Psychiatric ethics <i>Anna Bergqvist </i>36. Moral injury <i>Joseph Wiinikka-Lydon </i>37. Civility <i>Megan Jane Laverty. Index</i></p>