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Abrams v. United States (1919),
196n12
“Actions, Reasons, and Causes” (Davidson),
223–24After Virtue (MacIntyre),
224
Anscombe, G. E. M.:
Intention,
199n4,
223Artist, The: cinematography,
195n4; isolation,
8–9,
90; love,
8–9,
10–11,
21,
89; meaningfulness in,
23; music,
7; nostalgic form,
6–7,
195n4; plot, familiarity of,
9–10; power,
10; pride,
8–9; reason,
22; self-destruction,
205n13; silent film genre,
6–7,
195n4; suicide scene,
9; trust,
9,
11,
20
Aurora, Colorado, killings,
11–12
Bashir, Omar Hassan Ahmad,
125–26black-and-white cinematography,
195n4Born on the Fourth of July,
109
Cathouse (television series),
218n87
characters, freedom of,
47–48child: devil-child,
166–68,
216n57; innocent,
142–43,
144–45,
153,
154–55,
165; love for,
90,
206n1; murder of,
143–44; redemptive power of,
159–63; repetition, need for,
56; sacrifice for,
134–35; sources,
230; value of life of,
146Christianity: charity,
179; freedom and submission,
33; grace in,
184–85; innocent child,
142–43,
152; love,
89,
141; rebirth,
9,
153–54,
190; sources,
229cinematography, black-and-white,
195n4Citizens United v. FEC (2010),
196n11
computer turning against humanity, fear of,
121–22,
124Constitution (U.S.),
43–44constructive function of social imaginary,
182Cover, Robert: “Supreme Court, 1982 Foreword: Nomos and Narrative,”
225Cultural Study of Law, The (Kahn),
222
Dark Knight Rises, The,
209n25
Davidson, Donald: “Actions, Reasons, and Causes,”
223–24discourse, philosophy as,
6
economics, neoclassical,
198n29equilibrium, reflective,
201n23European exploitation of the New World,
186–87,
188
false consciousness,
41,
186family: construction of,
165–66; as horror movie locus,
171–72,
175; innocent child as origin of,
154–55; liberal theory,
165; as meaning,
150; murder fears in,
168–69; politics and,
138,
139,
140,
213n18,
230; pornography and,
172,
175; professional role
vs.,
141–42; sources,
230; state
vs.,
104–105,
209n26; utopian schemes for reorganizing,
198n30; violence and,
147–48; war and,
150; fascism,
132For the Sake of Argument (Garver),
225
freedom: of artists,
47; of audience,
48; causes and reasons,
30–38; of characters,
47–48; Christianity,
33; concepts of,
196n15; dimensions of,
47–48,
201nn27–29; faith and,
184; geography of,
200n18; identity and,
33,
41–45; persuasion and,
39–41; political,
120; of speech,
14–16,
196nn9–12
Gadamer, Hans-Georg:
Truth and Method,
225–26Garsten, Bryan:
Saving Persuasion,
225Garver, Eugene:
For the Sake of Argument,
225Gillespie, Michael:
Theological Origins of Modernity,
199n7,
226–27God: command, interpretation of,
205n11; love,
90–91,
151; narrative and,
183; reason and will,
32–34; scholastic
vs. nominalist conceptions,
69–70,
199n7,
200n11,
226–27Gran Torino: father as outsider,
107; isolation,
96,
106; love, unity of,
127; murder, nature of,
208n19; plot,
95–99; sacrifice, failure of,
109,
119,
147–48; as tragedy,
103
HAL (supercomputer in
2001),
121Heidegger, Martin,
13,
30Hidden (aka
Caché)
,
63–65
History of Violence, A,
114–16
Homer, Winslow:
Veteran in a New Field,
73–77House of 1000 Corpses,
172
identity: claims,
90; code and politics of,
127; freedom and,
33,
41–45; law and sovereignty,
94–95; narrative and,
224; national,
226; politics and,
142; representation and,
67–70,
111–12,
205n20; terrorism and,
135–36; torture and,
135–36.
See also specific topicsIndependence Day celebration,
51individual, learning about,
70–72international law of human rights,
95,
125–26interpretation,
59–84; about,
59–61; as decision,
83–84; defined,
70; dialogue and construction of world,
61–67; film and,
77–84; in law,
78,
206n26; narrative and,
70–77; representation and identity,
67–70; sources,
222,
225–27; structure of,
76–77“Interpretation and the Sciences of Man” (Taylor),
226
Just and Unjust Wars (Walzer),
228
Kahn, Paul W.:
Cultural Study of Law, The,
222;
Political Theology,
227,
229;
Putting Liberalism in Its Place,
223,
227,
229;
Sacred Violence,
227Kiyemba v. Obama (2009),
210n40
Koh, Harold: “Why Do Nations Obey International Law?,”
228Krasner, Stephen:
Sovereignty,
228
law: of aliens,
210n42; criminals, enforcement against,
101–102; human rights,
95,
125–26; interpretation in,
78,
206n26; narrative and,
225; principles,
34,
200n12,
222; representation and,
94–95,
120; sources,
222,
227,
228; sovereignty and,
91–95,
228; violence and,
91–95,
106,
127liberal theory: constitution,
132; ethnic nationalism,
213n22; family,
165; individual rights,
197n23; love,
130,
141; political imagination,
129–31; reason,
129–30; sources,
223,
229love: Aristophanes on,
193–94;
The Artist,
8–9,
10–11,
21,
89; for children,
90,
206n1; Christianity,
89,
141; contingency of,
162; as creative force,
141,
163–64; exclusivity of,
163; failure of,
168; familial,
151–53; as foundation of world,
188–90; God and,
90–91,
151; grace replaced by,
185; importance,
196n6; innocence and,
152; Judeo-Christian tradition,
90–91; justice and,
21,
90,
206n1; liberal theory,
130,
141; as movie theme,
89–90; necessity of,
193–94; opacity of,
158–59; in philosophy,
229; professional role
vs.,
141–42; sacrifice for,
89–90,
130,
135; sources,
230; state as economy of,
140; unity of,
127,
151,
162Luban, David: “The Romance of the Nation-State,”
228
MacCulloch, Diarmaid:
The Reformation,
227Machiavelli, Niccolò:
The Prince,
230MacIntyre, Alistair:
After Virtue,
224Manchurian Candidate, The,
202n35
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The,
208n15
M*A*S*H (television show),
202n35
movies: church compared to,
140,
177–80; as common text,
viii–ix,
6,
25,
50; detective,
63–65; dystopian,
121–25,
196n6; exception in,
132,
140; “ex” in,
158,
215n50; freedom, dimensions of,
47–48,
201nn27–29; horror,
167–73,
174,
175–76,
217n68,
217n70; interpretation and,
77–84; moral narrative and,
52–58,
181–82; mystery,
63–65; narrative in, generally,
ix; opinions about,
16; self-knowledge through,
179–80; silent,
6–7,
195n4; snuff,
218n88; sports,
178–79; trust required by,
180–82,
183; war,
50–52; western,
213n20.
See also specific movies and topics
narrative: constructing,
61–65,
72–73; God and,
183; historical,
27,
198n33,
223; identity and,
224; interpretation and,
70–77; law and,
225; moral,
52–58,
181–82; in movies, generally,
ix; in philosophy, generally,
viii; sources,
225; surprise as failure of,
79–81; unity of,
53–54,
202n39neoclassical economics,
198n29New World, European exploitation of the,
186–87,
188
Obligations (Walzer),
229
occupied territory,
207n9Officer and a Gentleman, An,
150
philosophy: advice
vs.,
13–14; as discourse,
6; as disruptive,
22; narrative in, generally,
viii; opinion
vs.,
14–16; political legitimacy and,
16–22; political theory
vs.,
12–14; reform
vs.,
29–30; relevance,
5–6,
12,
29,
195n1; role,
25,
28; science
vs.,
12,
14,
16; as self-reflection,
1–2,
22,
223; social imaginary and,
22–28,
198n36.
See also specific topicspolitical legitimacy,
16–22Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty (Schmitt),
228
Political Theology: Four New Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty (Kahn),
227,
229
Prince, The (Machiavelli),
230
Putting Liberalism in Its Place (Kahn),
223,
227,
229
“Question of Narrative in Contemporary Historical Theory, The” (White),
223
Real Sex (television series),
218n87
reason:
The Artist,
22; freedom as product of,
32–33; God and,
32–34; liberal theory,
129–30; limits of,
27–28; loss without,
35–38,
200n15; philosophy,
27–28; political theory and,
129; sources,
224; universality of,
21–22; virtue, role in producing,
197n25“Reasons, Causes, and Action Explanation” (Risjord),
224reflective equilibrium,
201n23Reformation, The (MacCulloch),
227
representation: identity and,
67–70,
111–12,
205n20; law and,
94–95,
120; rebellion against,
121,
210n47; singular,
64,
205n8; violence and,
108–118.
See also specific topicsresponsibility, taking,
46–47Risjord, Mark: “Reasons, Causes, and Action Explanation,”
224“Romance of the Nation-State, The” (Luban),
228Rosenberger v. Rector and Visitors of the Univ. of Va. (1995),
196n9
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques,
195n2
Sacred Violence (Kahn),
227
sacrifice: for child,
134–35; democratic,
95–108; failure of,
109,
119,
147–48; as free act,
108; love and,
89–90,
130; politics of,
133; of Secret Service agent,
145; sources,
228–29; unity of,
119; as violence,
89–90,
109.
See also Gran Torino;
Inglourious BasterdsSaving Persuasion (Garsten),
225
Schmitt, Carl:
Political Theology,
228Secret Service agent,
145self-determination, national,
226self-knowledge through movies,
179–80September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks,
116,
131significance, webs of,
23,
61Sleepless in Seattle,
154
Socrates: action, questioning,
47; discursive engagement,
221; followers, effect on,
29–30;
Republic,
28; ridicule of,
195n1; trial,
6,
42; understanding,
ix,
1,
22Sovereignty (Krasner),
228
“Supreme Court, 1982 Foreword: Nomos and Narrative” (Cover, Robert),
225surprise as narrative failure,
79–81
Taylor, Charles,
222: “Interpretation and the Sciences of Man,”
226Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The,
169,
172
Theological Origins of Modernity (Gillespie),
199n7,
226–27
Time and Narrative (Ricoeur),
223
Truth and Method (Gadamer),
225–26
“truth and reconciliation” commission,
13624 (television series),
212n7
2001: A Space Odyssey,
121
Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
126
Veteran in a New Field (Homer),
73–77
violence: family corruption and,
147–48; human
vs. natural history,
114–16; law and,
91–95,
106,
127; as leading to more violence,
109–112; power
vs.,
210n38; representation and,
108–118; sacrifice as,
89–90,
109; sources,
227–29; virtue,
22,
197n25; vote as coercion,
201n22
Walzer, Michael:
Just and Unjust Wars,
228;
Obligations,
229war movie,
50–52.
See also specific movies“webs of significance,”
23,
61White, Hayden: “Question of Narrative in Contemporary Historical Theory, The,”
223; “Why Do Nations Obey International Law?” (Koh),
228Wittgenstein, Ludwig,
199n9
