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Cinema, Democracy and Perfectionism
Joshua Foa . Ed(S): Dienstag
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Description for Cinema, Democracy and Perfectionism
Hardback. Joshua Foa Dienstag engages in a critical encounter with the work of Stanley Cavell on cinema, focusing skeptical attention on the claims made for the contribution of cinema to the ethical character of democratic life. Editor(s): Dienstag, Joshua Foa. Series Editor(s): Brink, Bert van den; Laden, Anthony Simon; Niesen, Peter; Owen, David. Series: Critical Powers. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; HPQ; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 417.
In the lead essay for this volume, Joshua Foa Dienstag engages in a critical encounter with the work of Stanley Cavell on cinema, focusing skeptical attention on the claims made for the contribution of cinema to the ethical character of democratic life.
In this debate, Dienstag mirrors the celebrated dialogue between Rousseau and Jean D'Alembert on theatre, casting Cavell as D'Alembert in his view that we can learn to become better citizens and better people by observing a staged representation of human life, with Dienstag arguing, with Rousseau, that this misunderstands the relationship between original and copy, even ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Critical Powers
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784994013
SKU
V9781784994013
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About Joshua Foa . Ed(S): Dienstag
Joshua Foa Dienstag is Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law at University of California Los Angeles -- .
Reviews for Cinema, Democracy and Perfectionism
"A learned, thoughtful, and very wide-ranging reflection on the aesthetics and ontology of film, the place and role of erotic desire in democratic life, the limitations of political optimism regarding that place and role, and the limitations of Stanley Cavell's account of that place and role." Andrew Norris, University of California, Santa Barbara
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