Understanding Cavell, Understanding Modernism

Hardback

Main Details

Title Understanding Cavell, Understanding Modernism
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Professor Paola Marrati
SeriesUnderstanding Philosophy, Understanding Modernism
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:272
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreLiterary theory
Literary studies - general
ISBN/Barcode 9781501313639
Audience
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic USA
Publication Date 3 November 2022
Publication Country United States

Description

Stanley Cavell, undoubtedly one of the most singular and influential voices in contemporary philosophy and culture at large, has written extensively on modernist art--particularly on painting, photography, music, and literature. He has also dedicated an impressive body of work to cinema, whose complex and nuanced status in regard to modernism constitutes one of Cavell's main concerns. However, Cavell's importance for understanding modernism is not exhausted by his interest in, and analyses of, modernist art and literature. Equally significant, and perhaps even more original, is his understanding of ordinary language philosophy as a modernist enterprise in its own terms. Following the template for the Understanding Philosophy, Understanding Modernism series, this volume is divided into three distinct parts. The first part, "Conceptualizing Cavell," features introductory essays on Cavell's most important works. The second part, "Cavell and Aesthetics," delves into more specific aspects and problems pertaining to Cavell's aesthetics and its moral and political implications. The third part is an extended glossary of Cavell's key words and concepts.

Author Biography

Paola Marrati is Professor of Humanities and Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University, USA. She is a member of the Scientific Board of the Center for the Study of French Contemporary Philosophy at the Ecole Normale Superieure of Paris, France. Her publications include Gilles Deleuze: Cinema and Philosophy (2008) and Genesis and Trace: Derrida Reader of Husserl and Heidegger (2005).