Pessimism claims an impressive following--from Rousseau, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche, to Freud, C...

In the lead essay for this volume, Joshua Foa Dienstag engages in a critical encounter with the w...

Aesthetic and political representation are often treated separately, but this book argues that fi...

Aesthetic and political representation are often treated separately, but this book argues that fi...

In the lead essay for this volume, Joshua Foa Dienstag engages in a critical encounter with the w...

Pessimism claims an impressive following--from Rousseau, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche, to Freud, C...

Joshua Foa Dienstag engages in a critical encounter with the work of Stanley Cavell on cinema, fo...

Joshua Foa Dienstag engages in a critical encounter with the work of Stanley Cavell on cinema, fo...

Rejecting traditional distinctions between philosophy, history, and literature, this book traces ...

Philosophy is often depicted as generically distinct from literature, myth, and history, as a dis...

Cinema Pessimism explores the challenges of representative democracy through film. Film allows us...