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Book SynopsisIris 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.
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:
- A guide to Murdoch''s key philosophical texts, including The Sovereignty of Good and Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals.
- Core themes and concepts in Murdoch''s philosophy, such as love, moral vision, and attention.
- Murdoch''s engagement with the history of philosophy, including Plato, Kant, Hegel, Sim
Trade Review
'The Murdochian Mind is a whole three-day conference between covers. … The 2022 Iris Murdoch Conference took place while I was working on this review. Interleaved with my reading were emails and social media posts making me feel that, while I am on the other side of the world, the conversations are continuing wherever Murdochians meet, in person, on paper, or online. Books like this one enrich these conversations, and I congratulate Caprioglio Panizza and Hopwood – Silvia and Mark – on the enormous intellectual and organisational feat they have accomplished in bringing this book together.' - Gillian Dooley, Iris Murdoch Review
Table of Contents
Introduction Silvia Caprioglio Panizza and Mark Hopwood Part 1: Reading Murdoch 1. The Importance of Murdoch`s early encounters with Marcel and Anscombe Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman 2. How to read The Sovereignty of Good Justin Broackes 3. How to read The Fire and the Sun David Robjant 4. How to read Acastos: Murdoch’s Platonic dialogues Hannah Marije Altorf 5. How to read Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals Mark Hopwood 6. How Iris Murdoch can change your life Frances White 7. Murdoch and me: A personal reflection Stanley Hauerwas Part 2: Core themes and concepts 8. Thinking, language, and concepts Niklas Forsberg 9. Inwardness in ethics Sophie Grace Chappell 10. Moral vision Anil Gomes 11. Attention Silvia Caprioglio Panizza 12. Love Christopher Cordner 13. Virtue Maria Silvia Vaccarezza 14. The Good Craig Taylor 15. The ontological argument Nora Hämäläinen 16. Care for the ordinary Sandra Laugier Part 3: Critical encounters 17. Murdoch and Plato Catherine Rowett 18. Murdoch and Kant Melissa Merritt 19. Murdoch and Hegel Gary Browning 20. Murdoch and Heidegger Michelle Mahoney 21. Murdoch and Sartre Alison Scott-Baumann 22. Murdoch and Weil Eva-Maria Düringer 23. Murdoch and Wittgenstein Anne-Marie Søndergaard Christensen 24. Murdoch and K.E. Løgstrup Robert Stern Part 4: Art, religion, and politics 25. Art, beauty, and morality Chiara Brozzo and Andy Hamilton 26. Is Murdoch a philosophical novelist? Miles Leeson 27. Writing morally Rowan Williams 28. Murdoch and Christianity Elizabeth Burns 29. Murdoch and Buddhism Christopher W. Gowans 30. Murdoch and Jewish thought Victor Jeleniewski Seidler 31. Murdoch and politics Lawrence Blum 32. Murdoch and feminism Lucy Bolton Part 5: Contemporary moral issues 33. Nature and the environment Lucy Oulton 34. Loving attention to animals Tony Milligan 35. Psychiatric ethics Anna Bergqvist 36. Moral injury Joseph Wiinikka-Lydon 37. Civility Megan Jane Laverty. Index
