Why Iris Murdoch Matters
In: Why Philosophy Matters Ser
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One Murdoch and lived experience -- Introduction -- A philosophical novelist? -- Sartre and Under the Net: Philosophy and the novel at the outset of Murdoch's career -- The dialectic of Murdoch's life and work -- Chapter Two Murdoch and metaphysics -- Introduction -- Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals -- Murdoch and the 'Manuscript on Heidegger' -- Appraising Heidegger -- Conclusion -- Chapter Three Murdoch and the novel -- Introduction -- Murdoch on the novel and history -- Form, content and the reader in Murdoch's novels -- Murdoch on Plato on art -- Conclusion -- Chapter Four Murdoch and morality -- Murdoch: Moral theory, history and dialectic -- Plato, Murdoch and morality -- Morality in modern times -- Unselfing, attention and the novel -- 'The Idea of Perfection' -- 'On "God" and "Good".' -- 'The Sovereignty of Good over Other Concepts' -- Conclusion -- Chapter Five Murdoch and the political -- Is Murdoch political? -- Politics and the novel -- 'A House of Theory' and early novels -- Murdoch's later political thought -- Conclusion -- Chapter Six Murdoch: Her life and times -- Introduction: The personal and the public -- Letters to Frank Thompson and David Hicks -- Letters to Queneau -- Letters to Michael Oakeshott -- Letters to David Morgan -- Letters to Brigid Brophy -- Letters to Philippa Foot -- Conclusion -- Chapter Seven Conclusion -- Introduction -- Murdoch on Plato -- Hegel on Plato -- Murdoch, Plato and Hegel -- Why Iris Murdoch matters -- Notes -- Biblioghraphy -- Iris Murdoch -- Plays -- Dialogues -- Unpublished writings -- Novels -- Short story -- Other authors -- Unpublished writing -- Index
