Cities of Words: Pedagogical Letters on a Register of the Moral Life (First Edition)
by Stanley Cavell
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- 0674013360
- ISBN 13
- 9780674013360
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About This Item
Cambridge / London: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2004. First Edition. hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 6x1x9. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in quarter black cloth with textured black paper boards and red foil lettering on the spine. 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. This book offers philosophy in the key of life. Beginning with a rereading of Emerson's "Self-Reliance," Cavell traces the idea of perfectionism through works by Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Kant, Mill, Nietzsche, and Rawls, and by such artists as Henry James, George Bernard Shaw, and Shakespeare. Cities of Words shows that this ever-evolving idea, brought to dramatic life in movies such as It Happened One Night, The Awful Truth, The Philadelphia Story, and The Lady Eve, has the power to reorient the perception of Western philosophy. xv 458pp. Grey dustjacket with a monochrome picture on the front cover and various colors of text.<br><br>CONDITION: Covers are unmarked. Pages are crisp and clean. Binding and text block are sound. Dustjacket has very light rubbing. Full refund if not satisfied.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Bookseller
- Shelley and Son Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 073356
- Title
- Cities of Words: Pedagogical Letters on a Register of the Moral Life (First Edition)
- Author
- Stanley Cavell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0674013360
- ISBN 13
- 9780674013360
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge / London
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 6x1x9
- LCCN
- 2003067677
- Keywords
- Literature, Film, Morality, Hollywood
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
- X weight
- 29 oz
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