Who Defended the Country?

Name: Who Defended the Country?
Author: Elaine Scarry

by Elaine Scarry

Political essay examining civilian defense and constitutional responsibility

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Elaine Scarry

American literary critic and philosopher whose The Body in Pain examined the structure of physical pain and its relationship to language, culture, and power. On Beauty and Being Just argued for the connection between aesthetic and ethical response. She is one of the most original and wide-ranging American humanists.

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The Body in PainPhilosophical inquiry into how pain is represented and experienced culturally
On Beauty and Being JustEssays on beauty and its relationship to justice and moral goodness
Dreaming by the BookStudy of how literature creates vivid mental imagery and dreamlike states
Resisting RepresentationEssays on how representation relates to political violence and power