Cinema, democracy and perfectionism : Joshua Foa Dienstag in dialogue /

In the lead essay for this volume, Joshua Foa Dienstag engages in a critical encounter with the work of Stanley Cavell on cinema, focusing sceptical attention on the claims made for the contribution of cinema to the ethical character of democratic life. In this debate, Dienstag mirrors the celebrate...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dienstag, Joshua Foa, 1965- (Autor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Colección:Critical powers.
Temas:
Cavell, Stanley, > 1926-2018.
Cavell, Stanley, > 1926-2018
Cavell, Stanley > 1926-2018
Motion pictures > Philosophy.
Motion pictures > Plots, themes, etc.
Motion pictures > Political aspects.
Cinéma > Intrigues, thèmes, etc.
Cinéma > Philosophie.
Cinéma > Aspect politique.
Humanities.
Philosophy.
Ethics and moral philosophy.
The arts.
Film, TV and radio.
Films, cinema.
Film theory and criticism.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Politics and government.
Political science and theory.
Performing Arts > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Philosophy > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Political Science > History & Theory.
Motion pictures > Philosophy
Motion pictures > Political aspects
Demokratie
Film
Cinema
Stanley Cavell
ethics
political theory
democracy
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Lead essay
  • 1. The tragedy of remarriage: letter to M. Cavell about cinema (a remake) / Joshua Foa Dienstag
  • II. Responses
  • 2. Emancipated perfectionism or, In praise of dreaming / Clare Woodford
  • 3. The phenomenology of the political: a reply from Saturday Night to Mr. Dienstag / Tracy B. Strong
  • 4. The tragedy of remarriage in the Golden Age of television / Margaret Kohn
  • 5. "That dangerous contention": a cinematic response to pessimism / Davide Panagia
  • 6. Letter to Mr. Dienstag / Thomas Dumm
  • III. Reply
  • 7. A letter to my critics / Joshua Foa Dienstag
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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