Science Meets Literature
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Science Meets Literature

  1. 202 pages
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eBook - ePub

Science Meets Literature

About this book

Elias Canetti's 1935 novel "Auto-da-Fé" (original German title, "Die Blendung") has traditionally been difficult to interpret and the author's intentions in writing it have remained unclear. "Science Meets Literature" argues that "Auto-da-Fé" is a novel about human nature that illustrates the workings of the human mind and some universal aspects of human behavior and human social relationships. Canetti's insights anticipated later scientific discoveries made by cognitive, social and evolutionary psychology including the existence of "irrational" biases in human cognition (e.g., in perception, beliefs and decision-making); the strengths and limitations of human "theory-of-mind" skills (i.e., our ability to think about other people's minds and "read" them); the establishment, maintenance and reversal of dominance in social relationships between two individuals; and the role of dehumanization in harmful behavior. Canetti intended to warn against the conviction held by some intellectuals that human nature can be denied, controlled, ignored or dismissed. His approach in "Auto-da-Fé" was an original attempt at the integration of knowledge formation in sciences and humanities. He pointed the way for future successful attempts at the integration of evolution, cognitive science and literature, as well as for the broader integration of sciences and humanities.

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Information

Publisher
Anthem Press
Year
2019
Print ISBN
9781785270697
eBook ISBN
9781785270710
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
European Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. PREFACE
  7. Chapter One WHY SCIENCE AND LITERATURE?
  8. Chapter Two ELIAS CANETTI: A VISIONARY LITERARY GENIUS ON A QUEST TO UNDERSTAND HUMAN NATURE
  9. Chapter Three THE PLOT OF AUTO-DA-FÉ
  10. Chapter Four AUTO-DA-FÉ IS A NOVEL ABOUT HUMAN NATURE
  11. Chapter Five MAJOR THEMES RUNNING THROUGH AUTO-DA-FÉ
  12. Chapter Six ANALYSIS OF PART I: A HEAD WITHOUT A WORLD
  13. Chapter Seven ANALYSIS OF PART II: HEADLESS WORLD
  14. Chapter Eight ANALYSIS OF PART III: THE WORLD IN THE HEAD
  15. Chapter Nine NARRATIVE STRATEGIES IN AUTO-DA-FÉ
  16. Chapter Ten CONSILIENCE, THE CANETTI WAY
  17. ELIAS CANETTI: CHRONOLOGY
  18. REFERENCES
  19. INDEX