Cinema, Democracy and Perfectionism: Joshua Foa Dienstag in Dialogue
Author:   Joshua Foa Dienstag ,  Bert van den Brink ,  Anthony Simon Laden ,  Peter Niesen
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
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9781784994020


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   28 June 2016
Format:   Paperback
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Cinema, Democracy and Perfectionism: Joshua Foa Dienstag in Dialogue


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Author:   Joshua Foa Dienstag ,  Bert van den Brink ,  Anthony Simon Laden ,  Peter Niesen
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.277kg
ISBN:  

9781784994020


ISBN 10:   1784994022
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   28 June 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Series editors' foreword Part I: Lead essay 1. The tragedy of remarriage: letter to M. Cavell about cinema (a remake) - Joshua Foa Dienstag Part 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 Part III: Reply 7. A reply to my critics - Joshua Foa Dienstag Index -- .

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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 -- .


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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Joshua Foa Dienstag is Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law at University of California Los Angeles

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