Publishing and bookselling ethics 2700-M-PW-D4EWZWIK
The following issues will be discussed during the course:
Book as commodity and medium of meanings in the perspective of communication ethics;
Culture wars and book wars: analysis of selected cases;
Freedom, responsibility, market: social and political functions of a book and the ethos of a publisher;
Between common goals and conflicting interests - creating a culture of cooperation between the author and the publisher: case studies;
Codes of ethics for publishers
Type of course
Mode
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
Students know and understands ethical norms and values of publishing and bookselling culture.
Students can analyze ethical dilemmas based on norms and values of publishing culture.
Students are ready to identify ethical problems related to the publishing and bookselling and to solve dilemmas of professional ethic.
Assessment criteria
Seminar method
Class attendance, participation in discussions, oral presentation or written essay
Practical placement
none
Bibliography
Pierre Bourdieu, Reguły sztuki. Geneza i struktura pola literackiego, Kraków: Universitas 2007
Roger Chartier, Czy książki wywołują rewolucje? Szkice z historii książki, lektury i kultury piśmiennej, Warszawa: WUW 2019.
Francoise Meltzer, Hot Property: The Stakes and Claims of Literary Originality, University of Chicago Press 1997
Jacques Rancière, Polityka literatury, w: Socjologia literatury. Antologia, , red. G. Jankowicz, M. Tabaczyński, Kraków: Korporacja Ha!art 2015, s. 350-374.
John B. Thompson, Book Wars. The Digital Revolution in Publishing, Polity Press 2021.
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