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Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity

A major American philosopher asserts that it is literature, not philosophy, that promotes a genuine sense of human solidarity and ultimately, the advancement of liberal goals through the social consciousness it raises.

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adult
Length
medium · 201 pages

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