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- Hollywood Westerns and American Myth : The Importance of Howard Hawks and John Ford for Political Philosophy
- Item Length
- 0.8in
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- Yale University Press
- Series
- Castle Lecture Ser.
- Publication Year
- 2012
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- Textbook
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- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
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- 0.1in
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- 0.6in
- Item Weight
- 8 Oz
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- 208 Pages
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In this pathbreaking book one of America's most distinguished philosophers brilliantly explores the status and authority of law and the nature of political allegiance through close readings of three classic Hollywood Westerns: Howard Hawks' Red River and John Ford's The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance and The Searchers. Robert Pippin treats these films as sophisticated mythic accounts of a key moment in American history: its "second founding," or the western expansion. His central question concerns how these films explore classical problems in political psychology, especially how the virtues of a commercial republic gained some hold on individuals at a time when the heroic and martial virtues were so important. Westerns, Pippin shows, raise central questions about the difference between private violence and revenge and the state's claim to a legitimate monopoly on violence, and they show how these claims come to be experienced and accepted or rejected. Pippin's account of the best Hollywood Westerns brings this genre into the center of the tradition of political thought, and his readings raise questions about political psychology and the political passions that have been neglected in contemporary political thought in favor of a limited concern with the question of legitimacy.
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Yale University Press
ISBN-10
0300172060
ISBN-13
9780300172065
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109193977
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Hollywood Westerns and American Myth : The Importance of Howard Hawks and John Ford for Political Philosophy
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Series
Castle Lecture Ser.
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
0.8in
Item Height
0.1in
Item Width
0.6in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Pn1995.9.W4p53 2012
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"A trenchant and illuminating study of three great Westerns and a convincing case for their importance both to political psychology and to our own self-understanding as American citizens."--C. D. C. Reeve, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Robert Pippin's study of three great Westerns is a fine meditation on the place of heroism in democracy and the ambiguous relationship between legend and history in the making of heroes. It can stand with the best recent books on the Western as a genre, but it is driven by a thought all its own: the difficulty of the search for order, and the elusive 'possibility of an American politics.'"--David Bromwich, Yale University "Pippin's marvelous book is a more than worthy successor to the classic essays on the Western by André Bazin and Robert Warshow. This volume is remarkable for its clarity and depth of argument."--George Wilson, University of Southern California, "Let me say straightaway that it is a very thoughtful, observant book, well worth the time for any reader who takes Hawks, Ford, and the Western seriously."-- The New Republic "This book is an important read in both form and substance for all cultural historians."--D.P. Franklin , Choice "A trenchant and illuminating study of three great Westerns and a convincing case for their importance both to political psychology and to our own self-understanding as American citizens."--C. D. C. Reeve, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Robert Pippin's study of three great Westerns is a fine meditation on the place of heroism in democracy and the ambiguous relationship between legend and history in the making of heroes. It can stand with the best recent books on the Western as a genre, but it is driven by a thought all its own: the difficulty of the search for order, and the elusive 'possibility of an American politics.'"--David Bromwich, Yale University "Pippin's marvelous book is a more than worthy successor to the classic essays on the Western by André Bazin and Robert Warshow. This volume is remarkable for its clarity and depth of argument."--George Wilson, University of Southern California, "Let me say straightaway that it is a very thoughtful, observant book, well worth the time for any reader who takes Hawks, Ford, and the Western seriously."-- The New Republic "This book is an important read in both form and substance for all cultural historians."--D.P. Franklin , Choice "A trenchant and illuminating study of three great Westerns and a convincing case for their importance both to political psychology and to our own self-understanding as American citizens."--C. D. C. Reeve, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Robert Pippin's study of three great Westerns is a fine meditation on the place of heroism in democracy and the ambiguous relationship between legend and history in the making of heroes. It can stand with the best recent books on the Western as a genre, but it is driven by a thought all its own: the difficulty of the search for order, and the elusive 'possibility of an American politics.'"--David Bromwich, Yale University "Pippin's marvelous book is a more than worthy successor to the classic essays on the Western by Andr Bazin and Robert Warshow. This volume is remarkable for its clarity and depth of argument."--George Wilson, University of Southern California, "Let me say straightaway that it is a very thoughtful, observant book, well worth the time for any reader who takes Hawks, Ford, and the Western seriously."-- The New Republic "This book is an important read in both form and substance for all cultural historians."--D.P. Franklin , Choice "A trenchant and illuminating study of three great Westerns and a convincing case for their importance both to political psychology and to our own self-understanding as American citizens."--C. D. C. Reeve, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "Robert Pippin's study of three great Westerns is a fine meditation on the place of heroism in democracy and the ambiguous relationship between legend and history in the making of heroes. It can stand with the best recent books on the Western as a genre, but it is driven by a thought all its own: the difficulty of the search for order, and the elusive 'possibility of an American politics.'"--David Bromwich, Yale University "Pippin's marvelous book is a more than worthy successor to the classic essays on the Western by Andr Bazin and Robert Warshow. This volume is remarkable for its clarity and depth of argument."--George Wilson, University of Southern California
Copyright Date
2012
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
Film / Genres / Westerns, Political, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts), Film / History & Criticism
Dewey Decimal
791.43/6278
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Philosophy, Performing Arts
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