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Bus, Raymond (2021)

Legal Alienation and Literature

Master thesis | Philosophy (MA) (120 EC)

This thesis sets out to delve into literature's capacity for edification, specifically for the phenomenon known as legal alienation. Through a wide array of literary texts by authors such as Kafka, Camus, and Dostoevsky, we illustrate the concept of legal alienation. We then examine the unique connection between law and literature to see the way in which literature is particularly well-equipped for illuminating legal issues such as legal alienation. And finally, through a close look at Nussbaum we see the way in which literature stimulates our moral imagination, thereby allowing us keen insights into fraught moral issues.

Law, Literature, Legal Alienation,

Author

Bus, Raymond

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Philosophy of Law

Supervisors

Jong, R.M.

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en