Cinema, democracy and perfectionism
Joshua Foa Dienstag in dialogue
Edited by Joshua Foa Dienstag. Series edited by Bert van den Brink, Anthony Laden, Peter Niesen, David Owen
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In Cinema, democracy and perfectionism 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. Invoking and reworking the celebrated dialogue between Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Jean D'Alembert on theatre, Dienstag's provocative and stylish essay is both a critical homage to Cavell's work and a strikingly original argument concerning the medium of film and its relationship to its audience. The essay builds on Dienstag's well known work on narrative and political theory. It is followed by critical responses from an exceptional group of interlocutors. The volume concludes with a robust response from Dienstag to his critics. LEAD AUTHOR Joshua Foa Dienstag is Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Dancing in Chains: Narrative Theory and Memory in Political Theory (1997) and Pessimism: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit (2006). INTERLOCUTORS Tracy B. Strong, University of Southampton and University of California, San Diego Thomas Dumm, Amherst College Margaret Kohn, University of Toronto Davide Panagia, University of California, Los Angeles Clare Woodford, University of Brighton
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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 more so in the medium of film than in the medium of theatre. Dienstag's provocative and stylish essay is debated by an exceptional group of interlocutors including Davide Panagia, Tracy Strong, Tom Dumm and Elizabeth Wingrove. The volume closes with a robust response from Dienstag to his critics. Cinema, Democracy and Perfectionismbuilds on Dienstag's well known work on narrative and political theory, but takes it in a new direction by turning to a topic that is increasingly prominent in political theory on the place of cinema in democratic life. It will appeal both to readers in political theory and film studies. -
Author Biography
Joshua Foa Dienstag is Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law at University of California Los Angeles
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- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Publication Date July 2016
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781784994013 / 1784994014
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 70 GBP
- Pages232
- ReadershipCollege/Tertiary Education
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions234 x 156 mm
- Biblio NotesSeries 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
- SeriesCritical Powers
- Reference CodeIPR2544
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