Political Philosophy Comes to Rick's - Casablanca and American Civic Culture (Paperback)

Casablanca is a movie about love and loss, virtue and vice, good and evil, duty and treachery, courage and weakness, friendship and hate. It is a story that ends well, but only because the main characters make a heartbreaking choice. Casablanca is perhaps the most widely viewed motion picture ever made, often finishing on critics' lists second only to Citizen Kane. What accounts for its continuing popularity? What chord does it strike with audiences? What lesson does Casablanca teach Americans about themselves? What influence does popular culture have on public mores? The contributors to Political Philosophy Comes to Rick's take up these questions, finding that Casablanca raises many of the most important issues of political philosophy. Perhaps Casablanca has an enduring quality because it, like political philosophy, raises questions of human life - the nature of love, friendship, courage, honor, responsibility, and justice.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2005
First published:	July 2005
Editors:	James F Pontuso
Contributors:	Nivedita Bagchi • Paul A. Cantor • Leon Harold Craig • Kenneth De Luca • Ralph Hattox • Peter Augustine Lawler • David K. Nichols • Mary P. Nichols • Michael Palmer
Dimensions:	228 x 170 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-1113-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	0-7391-1113-2
Barcode:	9780739111130

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