Philosophy's Artful Conversation

D. N. Rodowick

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Philosophy's Artful Conversation

D. N. Rodowick

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2014

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Theory—an embattled discourse for decades—faces a new challenge from those who want to model the methods of all scholarly disciplines on the sciences. What is urgently needed, says D. N. Rodowick, is a revitalized concept of theory that can assess the limits of scientific explanation and defend the unique character of humanistic understanding.

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D. N. Rodowick is Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago.

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In this beautiful meditation on film and philosophy, D. N. Rodowick guides us through original combinations of thinkers, artworks, and ideas to argue for new ethical possibilities for the humanities. His studies transcend disciplinary boundaries in style and approach such that new ways of reflecting on deep social and existential problems come to the fore, carried by exceptional learning and feel. His surprising alliance of Cavell and Deleuze allows for the most moving and wise appreciation of film as ethical domain available today.
-- James Williams, University of Dundee

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

Author / Editor information

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Table of contents

Frontmatter

Contents

In Place of Beginning Again

1. A Permanent State of Suspension or Deferment

2. How Theory Became History

3. “Philosophy is not one of the natural sciences”

4 “I will teach you diff erences”

5. An Assembling of Reminders

6. “... a complicated network of similarities overlapping and criss- crossing”

7. Gedankenwegen: On Import and Interpretation

8. “Of which we cannot speak ...”: Philosophy and the Humanities

9. What is (Film) Philosophy?

10. Order Out of Chaos

11. Idea, Image, and Intuition

12. The World, Time

13. The Ordinary Necessity of Philosophy

14. “Art now exists in the condition of philosophy”

15. Falling in Love with the World

16. Ontology and Desire, or a Moving Response to Skepticism

17. Automatism and the Declaration of Existence in Time

18. Ethical Practices of the Ordinary

19. Perfectionism as Self- Disobedience

20. Comedy and Community

21. A Digression on Difference and Interpretation

22. Perfectionism’s Ironic Transport

23. An Elegy for Theory

Acknowledgments

Index

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