Stanley Cavell and the Magic of Hollywood Films / / Daniel Shaw.
An in-depth study of the philosophy of film of Stanley Cavell, and of his philosophical influencesIncludes extensive "es from Cavell’s writingsAnalyses the influence of Existentialism on CavellDiscusses how Emerson and Thoreau provide a distinctively American philosophical foundation for great...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (176 p.) :; 15 B/W illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: Defining the Magic—Why Stanley Cavell?
- 2. Projecting Reality
- 3. Stanley Cavell: Emersonian Individualist
- 4. Cavell on Nietzsche: The Ascetic Ideal, Eternal Recurrence, and “Higher Self”
- 5. Comedies of Remarriage and the Transfiguration of the Commonplace
- 6. How the Unknown Woman Finds her Voice in Contesting Tears
- 7. Cavell and Wittgenstein on Skepticism: Redeeming the Law
- 8. Heidegger, Cavell, and Woody Allen: Another Woman
- 9. Halls of Montezuma and the Utility of War
- 10. Thoreau, Civil Disobedience, and Selma
- 11. Lockean Liberalism and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
- 12. Cavell’s Notion of Acknowledgment and Boys Don’t Cry
- References
- Index