TY - GEN N2 - "The capacity of the arts and the humanities, and of literature in particular, to have a meaningful societal impact has been increasingly undervalued in recent history. Both humanists and scientists have tended to think of the arts as a means to represent the world via imagination. Mack maintains that the arts do not merely describe our world but that they also have the unique and underappreciated power to make us aware of how we can change accustomed forms of perception and action"--provided by publisher. AB - "The capacity of the arts and the humanities, and of literature in particular, to have a meaningful societal impact has been increasingly undervalued in recent history. Both humanists and scientists have tended to think of the arts as a means to represent the world via imagination. Mack maintains that the arts do not merely describe our world but that they also have the unique and underappreciated power to make us aware of how we can change accustomed forms of perception and action"--provided by publisher. T1 - How literature changes the way we think DA - 2011. CY - London ; CY - New York : AU - Mack, Michael, CN - EBSCOhost CN - PN45 PB - Continuum International Publishing, PP - London ; PP - New York : PY - 2011. ID - 445953 KW - Literature SN - 9781441197818 (electronic bk.) SN - 1441197818 (electronic bk.) TI - How literature changes the way we think LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=416498 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=416498 ER -