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22. Perfectionism’s Ironic Transport
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- In Place of Beginning Again ix
- 1. A Permanent State of Suspension or Deferment 1
- 2. How Theory Became History 4
- 3. “Philosophy is not one of the natural sciences” 37
- 4 “I will teach you diff erences” 46
- 5. An Assembling of Reminders 54
- 6. “... a complicated network of similarities overlapping and criss- crossing” 61
- 7. Gedankenwegen: On Import and Interpretation 69
- 8. “Of which we cannot speak ...”: Philosophy and the Humanities 93
- 9. What is (Film) Philosophy? 106
- 10. Order Out of Chaos 117
- 11. Idea, Image, and Intuition 132
- 12. The World, Time 159
- 13. The Ordinary Necessity of Philosophy 179
- 14. “Art now exists in the condition of philosophy” 186
- 15. Falling in Love with the World 197
- 16. Ontology and Desire, or a Moving Response to Skepticism 204
- 17. Automatism and the Declaration of Existence in Time 216
- 18. Ethical Practices of the Ordinary 232
- 19. Perfectionism as Self- Disobedience 239
- 20. Comedy and Community 246
- 21. A Digression on Difference and Interpretation 260
- 22. Perfectionism’s Ironic Transport 266
- 23. An Elegy for Theory 294
- Acknowledgments 309
- Index 311
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- In Place of Beginning Again ix
- 1. A Permanent State of Suspension or Deferment 1
- 2. How Theory Became History 4
- 3. “Philosophy is not one of the natural sciences” 37
- 4 “I will teach you diff erences” 46
- 5. An Assembling of Reminders 54
- 6. “... a complicated network of similarities overlapping and criss- crossing” 61
- 7. Gedankenwegen: On Import and Interpretation 69
- 8. “Of which we cannot speak ...”: Philosophy and the Humanities 93
- 9. What is (Film) Philosophy? 106
- 10. Order Out of Chaos 117
- 11. Idea, Image, and Intuition 132
- 12. The World, Time 159
- 13. The Ordinary Necessity of Philosophy 179
- 14. “Art now exists in the condition of philosophy” 186
- 15. Falling in Love with the World 197
- 16. Ontology and Desire, or a Moving Response to Skepticism 204
- 17. Automatism and the Declaration of Existence in Time 216
- 18. Ethical Practices of the Ordinary 232
- 19. Perfectionism as Self- Disobedience 239
- 20. Comedy and Community 246
- 21. A Digression on Difference and Interpretation 260
- 22. Perfectionism’s Ironic Transport 266
- 23. An Elegy for Theory 294
- Acknowledgments 309
- Index 311
