Judgment and Its Publics

This response essay overviews the timely interventions of Michael W. Clune’s A Defense of Judgment , which was published amid a larger sociopolitical crisis in expert judgment. Clune productively develops an account of the specialized nature of literary expertise. However, this essay also asks wheth...

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Published in:Modern fiction studies 2024-07, Vol.70 (2), p.214-224
Main Author: Anker, Elizabeth S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Criticism
Critics
Defense
Egalitarianism
Equal rights
Equality
Humanism
Humanities
Judgment
Literary studies
Politics
Skills
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Summary:This response essay overviews the timely interventions of Michael W. Clune’s A Defense of Judgment , which was published amid a larger sociopolitical crisis in expert judgment. Clune productively develops an account of the specialized nature of literary expertise. However, this essay also asks whether too much force is attributed to the logic of the market, and it similarly questions the vision of the public implicit to Clune’s model of literary studies.
ISSN:0026-7724
1080-658X
1080-658X
DOI:10.1353/mfs.2024.a928339