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Academic Writing, Philosophy and Genre

Michael A Peters editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:15th May '09

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This book investigates how philosophical texts display a variety of literary forms and explores philosophical writing and the relation of philosophy to literature and reading.

  • Discusses the many different philosophical genres that have developed, among them letters, the treatise, the confession, the meditation, the allegory, the essay, the soliloquy, the symposium, the consolation, the commentary, the disputation, and the dialogue
  • Shows how these forms of philosophy have conditioned and become the basis of academic writing (and assessment) within both the university and higher education more generally
  • Explores questions of philosophical writing and the relation of philosophy to literature and reading

"The book is certainly accessible to those interested in philosophi­cal writing." (Discourse Studies, December 2010)

ISBN: 9781405194006

Dimensions: 246mm x 172mm x 9mm

Weight: 236g

128 pages