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Philosophy and the Patience of Film in Cavell and Nancy (cid:31) Daniele Rugo Philosophy and the Patience of Film in Cavell and Nancy Daniele R ugo Philosophy and the Patience of Film in Cavell and Nancy Daniele Rugo Dept. of Social Sciences, Media & Communications Brunel University London United Kingdom ISBN 978-1-137-58059-7 ISBN 978-1-137-58060-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-58060-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016934692 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2 016 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identifi ed as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifi cally the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfi lms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specifi c statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the pub- lisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd. London To Abi A CKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my gratitude to those who have shared with me memories of fi lms over the years and whose words have helped shape this book. This work is fi rst of all a belated reply to their questions and an invi- tation to further conversations. In particular my thanks go to Alessandro Cerino, Alexander García Düttmann, Masahiro Hirakubo and Nicolas Sburlati. I am also grateful to Jean-Luc Nancy, John McKeane for his translation, Nikolaj Lübecker and my colleagues at Brunel University London. At Palgrave I would like to thank Esme Chapman, Grace Jackson and Lynda Cooper. vii C ONTENTS 1 Taking Things to Heart 1 Terms and Conditions 6 Patient Distractions 9 2 Cavell and the Conditions of the World 13 Views 1 3 The Skeptic’s World 18 Eyes Happily Shut 2 9 How Different Different Things Are 3 4 A Life More Ordinary 39 A Kind of Seduction 56 Every Word in the Language 6 7 3 Nancy and the World Without Sense 7 3 A Passion of Sense 7 3 The Invention of Distance 83 Folding and Unfolding 89 Faith in the World 95 Unreasonable Reason 101 Privation and Privilege 1 04 Excessive Curiosity 109 The Stone’s Affi nity with Thought 1 15 ix
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