Cities of WordsHarvard University Press, 2004 M05 24 - 480 pages Since Socrates and his circle first tried to frame the Just City in words, discussion of a perfect communal life--a life of justice, reflection, and mutual respect--has had to come to terms with the distance between that idea and reality. Measuring this distance step by practical step is the philosophical project that Stanley Cavell has pursued on his exploratory path. Situated at the intersection of two of his longstanding interests--Emersonian philosophy and the Hollywood comedy of remarriage--Cavell's new work marks a significant advance in this project. The book--which presents a course of lectures Cavell presented several times toward the end of his teaching career at Harvard--links masterpieces of moral philosophy and classic Hollywood comedies to fashion a new way of looking at our lives and learning to live with ourselves. |
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... film to be , hence what one takes film more generally to be , hence what a film actor , writer , director , cinematographer , set designer , special effects coordi- nator , editor , producer , censor , audience , studio head , and so on ...
... film than it can reasonably be held to hold . It does not give us concrete material for interpreting Gregory's and Paula's deeper uses for each other . But neither do I wish to underesti- mate the power of the medium of film to present ...
... film , unlike a painting or sculpture or piece of theater , we are given ( captivated by ) a forever fixed , captured , image of a human being in this pre- cise environment , in these precise attitudes and relations , remaining silent ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
John Stuart Mill 82 6 Gaslight | 102 |
Themes of Moral Perfectionism in Platos Republic | 445 |
Copyright | |
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Cities of Words: Pedagogical Letters on a Register of the Moral Life Stanley Cavell Limited preview - 2005 |
Cities of Words: Pedagogical Letters on a Register of the Moral Life Stanley Cavell Limited preview - 2005 |