Cinema, Democracy and Perfectionism - Joshua Foa Dienstag in Dialogue

Informationen zum Autor Joshua Foa Dienstag is Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law at University of California Los Angeles Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Series editors' foreword Part I: Lead essay1. The tragedy of remarriage: letter to M. Cavell about cinema (a remake) - Joshua Foa DienstagPart II: Responses2. Emancipated perfectionism - or, in praise of dreaming - Clare Woodford3. The phenomenology of the political: a reply from Saturday Night to Mr. Dienstag - Tracy B. Strong4. The tragedy of remarriage in the golden age of television - Margaret Kohn5. 'That dangerous contention': a cinematic response to pessimism - Davide Panagia 6. Letter to Mr. Dienstag - Thomas DummPart III: Reply7. A reply to my critics - Joshua Foa DienstagIndex

Product details

• Authors: Joshua Foa Dienstag
• Assisted by: Dienstag Joshua Foa (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.06.2016
• EAN: 9781784994020
• ISBN: 978-1-78499-402-0
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Critical Powers; Critical Powers
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism