The Ethics of Reading: Kant, de Man, Eliot, Trollope, James, and Benjamin

"The Ethics of Reading: Kant, de Man, Eliot, Trollope, James, and Benjamin" is a work by J. Hillis Miller, an American literary critic associated with deconstruction. Miller's scholarship often explored theological concerns and the absence of the divine in literature. In this particular work, he examines the ethical implications of reading through the lens of philosophers and writers such as Immanuel Kant, Paul de Man, T.S. Eliot, Anthony Trollope, Henry James, and Walter Benjamin. The book delves into how literary theory and the act of reading intersect with ethical considerations, drawing on diverse intellectual traditions.12