Vertigo: The Temptation of Identity by Andrea Cavalletti (English) Paperback Boo

Description: Vertigo by Andrea Cavalletti, Max Matukhin, Daniel Heller-Roazen Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Reading philosophy through the lens of Alfred Hitchcocks Vertigo, Andrea Cavalletti shows why, for two centuries, major philosophers have come to think of vertigo as intrinsically part of philosophy itself. In doing so, Cavalletti brings out the vertiginous nature of identity. Publisher Description Reading philosophy through the lens of Alfred Hitchcocks Vertigo, Andrea Cavalletti shows why, for two centuries, major philosophers have come to think of vertigo as intrinsically part of philosophy itself.Fear of the void, terror of heights: everyone knows what acrophobia is, and many suffer from it. Before Freud, the so-called "sciences of the mind" reserved a place of honor for vertigo in the domain of mental pathologies. The fear of falling-which is also the fear of giving in to the temptation to let oneself fall-has long been understood as a destabilizing yet intoxicating element without which consciousness itself was inconceivable. Some went so far as to induce it in patients through frightening rotational therapies.In a less cruel but no less radical way, vertigo also staked its claim in philosophy. If Montaigne and Pascal could still consider it a perturbation of reason and a trick of the imagination which had to be subdued, subsequent thinkers stopped considering it an occasional imaginative instability to be overcome. It came, rather, to be seen as intrinsic to reason, such that identity manifests itself as tottering, kinetic, opaque and, indeed, vertiginous.Andrea Cavallettis stunning book sets this critique of stable consciousness beside one of Hitchcocks most famous thrillers, a drama of identity and its abysses. Hitchcocks brilliant combination of a dolly and a zoom to recreate the effect of falling describes that double movement of "pushing away and bringing closer" which is the habitual condition of the subject and of intersubjectivity. To reach myself, I must see myself from the bottom of the abyss, with the eyes of another. Only then does my "here" flee down there and, from there, attract me.From classical medicine and from the role of imagination in our biopolitical world to the very heart of philosophy, from Hollywood to Heideggers "being-toward-death," Cavalletti brings out the vertiginous nature of identity. Author Biography Andrea Cavalletti (Author) Andrea Cavalletti teaches philosophy at the University of Verona. He is the author of five books in Italian, translated into several languages, including, in English, Class (Seaugull Books, 2019).Daniel Heller-Roazen (Foreword By) Daniel Heller-Roazen is Arthur W. Marks 19 Professor of Comparative Literature and the Council of the Humanities at Princeton University. His books include Absentees: On Variously Missing Persons (2021) and The Inner Touch: Archaeology of a Sensation (2007, winner, Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies).Max Matukhin (Translator) Max Matukhin is a doctoral student in comparative literature at Princeton University. Details ISBN 0823298043 ISBN-13 9780823298044 Title Vertigo Author Andrea Cavalletti, Max Matukhin, Daniel Heller-Roazen Format Paperback Year 2022 Pages 224 Publisher Fordham University Press GE_Item_ID:137783108; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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