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Literature and Social Reflection
Random House
September 2010
On Sale: August 31, 2010
304 pages
ISBN: 1400062039
EAN: 9781400062034
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
In this book on shaping a meaningful and ethical life, the
renowned, Pulitzer Prize–winning author explores how
character, courage, and human and moral understanding can be
fostered by reflecting on the lives of others, through
stories. Based on Robert Coles’ legendary course at Harvard,
this provocative book addresses such questions as, “Who are
we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?” It calls on
us to become stronger and more aware, by reflecting on
ourselves and others with the help of great literature and art. Dr. Coles shows how the work of writers, artists, and
thinkers of the past two centuries can inspire our own
reflections on the daily lives we lead. He offers a
compelling call to venture outside of our own selves and
lives and to listen, attentively and with growing humanity,
to the way others get through life. Coles encourages us to
examine our own character, kindness, and complexity by
looking carefully at our perceptions of others, and by
studying the wisdom of authors from Charles Dickens to
Flannery O’Connor, from James Agee to George Orwell, and
many others. In this influential conversation about empathy
and engagement, Coles inspires us to seek out deeper meaning
in our lives, and guides us toward achieving greater
clarity, strength, and richness of understanding, amid the
moral, psychological, and social complexities of the modern
world.
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