Daniel Callcut Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Philosopher and writer. Articles for @prospect_uk @Aeonmag @ArtsPro @psyche_the_mag Editor of Reading Bernard Williams (Routledge)
Narration in Light: Studies in Cinematic Point of View
George M. WilsonDaniel Callcut"Narration in Light is still in print. It remains one of the great achievements of film criticism—a classic to compare with Gilberto Perez's The Material Ghost and V. F. Perkins's Film as Film." Leo Robson on George Wilson https://t.co/LvEb94Lq0y @leorobsonwriter
Paperback, 1988
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The Material Ghost: Films and Their Medium
Gilberto PerezDaniel Callcut"Narration in Light is still in print. It remains one of the great achievements of film criticism—a classic to compare with Gilberto Perez's The Material Ghost and V. F. Perkins's Film as Film." Leo Robson on George Wilson https://t.co/LvEb94Lq0y @leorobsonwriter
Paperback, 2000
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Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way
Kieran SetiyaDaniel CallcutI've a review of Kieran Setiya's excellent book, Life is Hard, in the summer issue of New Humanist @NewHumanist @KieranSetiya https://t.co/taZb2vH5yM
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Utilitarianism
J. S. MillDaniel CallcutFurther back: Mill's Utilitarianism, ch 3, is a crucial stage in the separation of the internal, substantive content of morality from such matters as its metaphysical status.
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Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
Katherine RundellDaniel CallcutBook of the week on R4 is Katherine Rundell's Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne https://t.co/1VyJXDlLUv
Paperback, 2023
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Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
Simon BlackburnDaniel Callcut"I used to think the fate of civilization depended on the use-mention distinction" (Simon Blackburn, in correspondence now lost, but this is more or less verbatim)
Paperback, 2013
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Better Than Well: American Medicine Meets the American Dream
Carl ElliottDaniel Callcut@ralph_brooker I think he grows more critical of authenticity from the 70s to the later work. No specific example of authenticity in pop culture in mind but it's in so many ads, corporate speeches etc. I think there are many examples in Carl Elliott's Better than well (which I recommend)
Paperback, 2004
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Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy
Bernard WilliamsDaniel Callcut"...the unhappiness and the unloveliness that may be part of creative activity, which often has much to do with an imbalance, a hypertrophy of certain powers and sensibilities" (Bernard Williams, Ethics and the limits of philosophy, p.47)
Paperback, 2011
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Utilitarianism: For and Against
J. J. SmartDaniel Callcut"The important issues that utilitarianism raises should be discussed in contexts more rewarding than that of utilitarianism itself. The day cannot be too far off in which we hear no more of it." (Bernard Williams, Utilitarianism: For & Against, 1973) https://t.co/fISVKjBD28
Paperback, 1973
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Film as Film: Understanding and Judging Movies
V. F. PerkinsDaniel Callcut"Narration in Light is still in print. It remains one of the great achievements of film criticism—a classic to compare with Gilberto Perez's The Material Ghost and V. F. Perkins's Film as Film." Leo Robson on George Wilson https://t.co/LvEb94Lq0y @leorobsonwriter
Paperback, 2001
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