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Agency and Imagination in the Films of David Lynch: Philosophical
Perspectives offers a sustained philosophical interpretation of the
filmmaker's work in light of classic and contemporary discussions
of human agency and the complex relations between our capacity to
act and our ability to imagine. With the help of the pathological
characters that so often leave their unforgettable mark on Lynch's
films, this book reveals several important ways in which human
beings fail to achieve fuller embodiments of agency or seek
substitute satisfactions in spaces of fantasy. In keeping with
Lynch's penchant for unconventional narrative techniques, James D.
Reid and Candace R. Craig explore the possibility, scope, and
limits of the very idea of agency itself and what it might be like
to renounce concepts of agency altogether in the interpretation and
depiction of human life. In a series of interlocking readings of
eight feature-length films and Twin Peaks: The Return that combine
suggestive philosophical analysis with close attention to cinematic
detail, Reid and Craig make a convincing case for the importance of
David Lynch's work in the philosophical examination of agency, the
vagaries of the human imagination, and the relevance of film for
the philosophy of human action. Scholars of film studies and
philosophy will find this book particularly useful.
The Question Concerning the Thing presents a full English
translation of a lecture course first delivered by Heidegger at
Freiburg University during the Winter Semester of 1935-36
(originally published in German as volume 41 of the Gesamtausgabe).
The text presents with particular clarity Heidegger's distinctive
approach to issues of general philosophical interest. Heidegger
shows how a litany of classical metaphysical problems flow from the
basic question 'what is a thing?', revealing the historicity of
these problems and, thus, the ways in which they implicate further
issues of cultural significance. He examines issues regarding the
history and philosophy of science, philosophy of language, and
logic that are still debated today. Moreover, the lecture course as
a whole is framed by questions regarding the nature of philosophy
itself. Along the way, Heidegger provides sensitive and often
provocative discussions of historically significant figures, in
particular Kant.
Agency and Imagination in the Films of David Lynch: Philosophical
Perspectives offers a sustained philosophical interpretation of the
filmmaker's work in light of classic and contemporary discussions
of human agency and the complex relations between our capacity to
act and our ability to imagine. With the help of the pathological
characters that so often leave their unforgettable mark on Lynch's
films, this book reveals several important ways in which human
beings fail to achieve fuller embodiments of agency or seek
substitute satisfactions in spaces of fantasy. In keeping with
Lynch's penchant for unconventional narrative techniques, James D.
Reid and Candace R. Craig explore the possibility, scope, and
limits of the very idea of agency itself and what it might be like
to renounce concepts of agency altogether in the interpretation and
depiction of human life. In a series of interlocking readings of
eight feature-length films and Twin Peaks: The Return that combine
suggestive philosophical analysis with close attention to cinematic
detail, Reid and Craig make a convincing case for the importance of
David Lynch's work in the philosophical examination of agency, the
vagaries of the human imagination, and the relevance of film for
the philosophy of human action. Scholars of film studies and
philosophy will find this book particularly useful.
The Question Concerning the Thing presents a full English
translation of a lecture course first delivered by Heidegger at
Freiburg University during the Winter Semester of 1935-36
(originally published in German as volume 41 of the Gesamtausgabe).
The text presents with particular clarity Heidegger's distinctive
approach to issues of general philosophical interest. Heidegger
shows how a litany of classical metaphysical problems flow from the
basic question 'what is a thing?', revealing the historicity of
these problems and, thus, the ways in which they implicate further
issues of cultural significance. He examines issues regarding the
history and philosophy of science, philosophy of language, and
logic that are still debated today. Moreover, the lecture course as
a whole is framed by questions regarding the nature of philosophy
itself. Along the way, Heidegger provides sensitive and often
provocative discussions of historically significant figures, in
particular Kant.
The philosophical significance of Henry David Thoreau's life and
writings is far from settled. Although his best-known book, Walden,
is admired as a classic work of American literature, it has not yet
been widely recognized as an important philosophical text. In fact,
many members of the academic philosophical community in America
would be reluctant to classify Thoreau as a philosopher at all. The
purpose of this volume is to remedy this neglect, to explain
Thoreau's philosophical significance, and to argue that we can
still learn from his polemical conception of philosophy. Thoreau
sought to establish philosophy as a way of life, and to root our
philosophical, conceptual affairs in more practical or existential
concerns. His work provides us with a sustained meditation on the
appropriate conduct of life and the importance of leading our lives
with integrity, avoiding what he calls "quiet desperation." The
contributors to this volume approach Thoreau's writings from
different angles, collectively bringing to light what, in his own
distinctive and idiosyncratic way, this major American thinker has
meant to multiple areas of philosophical inquiry, and why he is
still relevant. They show how the imagination, according to
Thoreau, might be related to the disclosure of truth; they
illuminate the nuances of embodied consciousness and explore the
links between moral character and scientific knowledge. They
clarify Thoreau's project by locating it in relation to earlier
philosophical authors and traditions, noting the ways in which he
either anticipated or influenced a host of later thinkers. They
explore his aesthetic views, his naturalism, his theory of self,
his ethical principles, and his political stances. Most
importantly, they show how Thoreau returns philosophy to its roots
as the love of wisdom.
Heidegger's Moral Ontology offers the first comprehensive account
of the ethical issues that underwrite Heidegger's efforts to
develop a novel account of human existence. Drawing from a wide
array of source materials from the period leading up to the
publication of Being and Time (1919-1927), and in conversation with
ancient, modern, and contemporary contributions to moral
philosophy, James D. Reid brings Heidegger's early philosophy into
fruitful dialogue with the history of ethics, and sheds fresh light
on such familiar topics as Heidegger's critique of Husserl, his
engagement with Aristotle, his account of mortality, the role
played by Kant in the genesis of Being and Time, and Heidegger's
early reflections on philosophical language and concepts. This
lively book will appeal to all who are interested in Heidegger's
early phenomenology and in his thought more generally, as well as
to those interested in the nature, scope, and foundations of
ethical life.
With a new translation of the Duino Elegies "Who, if I cried out,
would hear me among the angels'/orders?" Rainer Maria Rilke's Duino
Elegies opens with one of the most powerful poetic expressions of
the search for meaning in the modern world. Published in 1923, the
Elegies would influence important philosophers on the Continent,
including Heidegger. But with a few exceptions, Rilke's poetry has
not had an impact on philosophy in the Anglo-American world. In
Being Here Is Glorious, James D. Reid offers a fresh translation of
the Elegies, which hews to the form of the original and provides
his own meditation on the place of poetry in philosophy. Reid makes
a convincing case that poetry and philosophy can address the
problem of finding things significant and worth affirming in light
of various reasons to doubt the value of the world in which we find
ourselves cast.
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