Literature's Critique Subversion and Transformation of JusticeRuben MoiLabel: Lexington BooksDescription: Literature is an institution per se as is justice and these two institutions enact each other in complex ways. Justice appears in many forms from divine right and religious ordainment to metaphysical imperative and natural law to national jurisdiction social order human rights and civil disobedience. What is just and right has varied in time and place in war and peace. A sense of justice appears inextricable from human concerns of ethics and morals. Literature includes a vast range of writing from holy texts to banned books. Parts of literature particularly in the past have laid down the law. In more recent history literature has gradually assumed radical roles of critique subversion and transformation of the existing law and order in contents themes language and form. Literature’s Critique Subversion and Transformation of Justice offers a selection of research that examines how various types of literature and arts give shape and significance to ideas of justice in various fields.
