Rothman and Keane also reintroduce The World Viewed to the field of film studies. When the new field entered universities in the late 1960s, it predicated its legitimacy on the conviction that the medium's artistic achievements called for serious criticism and on the corollary conviction that no existing field was capable of the criticism film called for. The study of film needed to found itself, intellectually, upon a philosophical investigation of the conditions of the medium and art of film. Such was the challenge The World Viewed took upon itself. However, film studies opted to embrace theory as a higher authority than our experiences of movies, divorcing itself from the philosophical perspective of self-reflection apart from which, The World Viewed teaches, we cannot know what movies mean, or what they are.
Rothman and Keane now argue that the poststructuralist theories that dominated film studies for a quarter of a century no longer compel conviction, Cavell's brilliant and beautiful book can provide a sense of liberation to a field that has forsaken its original calling. Read in a way that acknowledges its philosophical achievement, The World Viewed can show the field a way to move forward by rediscovering its passion for the art of film.
Reading Cavell's The World Viewed will prove invaluable to scholars and students offilm and philosophy, and to those in other fields, such as literary studies and American studies, who have found Cavell's work provocative and fruitful.
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Rothman and Keane also reintroduce The World Viewed to the field of film studies. When the new field entered universities in the late 1960s, it predicated its legitimacy on the conviction that the medium's artistic achievements called for serious criticism and on the corollary conviction that no existing field was capable of the criticism film called for. The study of film needed to found itself, intellectually, upon a philosophical investigation of the conditions of the medium and art of film. Such was the challenge The World Viewed took upon itself. However, film studies opted to embrace theory as a higher authority than our experiences of movies, divorcing itself from the philosophical perspective of self-reflection apart from which, The World Viewed teaches, we cannot know what movies mean, or what they are.
Rothman and Keane now argue that the poststructuralist theories that dominated film studies for a quarter of a century no longer compel conviction, Cavell's brilliant and beautiful book can provide a sense of liberation to a field that has forsaken its original calling. Read in a way that acknowledges its philosophical achievement, The World Viewed can show the field a way to move forward by rediscovering its passion for the art of film.
Reading Cavell's The World Viewed will prove invaluable to scholars and students offilm and philosophy, and to those in other fields, such as literary studies and American studies, who have found Cavell's work provocative and fruitful.
Imprint | Wayne State University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series |
Release date | November 2000 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | November 2000 |
Authors | William Rothman, Marian Keane |
Dimensions | 159 x 230 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 320 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8143-2896-5 |
Barcode | 9780814328965 |
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LSN | 0-8143-2896-2 |