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DESCRIPTION:
Philosophy, and in particular continental philosophy, has provided a conceptual underpinning for cinema since its beginnings, especially in the development of cinematic aesthetics. In its turn, film has rethought the abstractions of space and time and the categories of sex and gender and has created new concepts which illuminate phenomenology, metaphysics and epistemology.
Film, Theory and Philosophy brings together leading scholars to provide a detailed overview of the key thinkers who have shaped the field of film philosophy. The thinkers include continental philosophers, “post-continental” philosophers, analytic philosophers, film-makers, film reviewers, sociologists, and cultural theorists. The essays reveal how philosophy can be applied to film analysis and how film can be used to illustrate philosophical problems. But more importantly, the essays explore how film has shaped what philosophy thinks and how philosophy has lead to a reappraisal of film. The book will prove an invaluable reference and guide to readers interested in a deeper understanding of the issues and insights presented by film philosophy.
REVIEWS:
"With contributions from highly respected scholars in the field, this work will be an indispensable point of reference for all those who want to understand the complex relation between philosophical reflection and film as it developed from the early decades of the twentieth century onwards." – Ian James, University of Cambridge
"Announcements of the death of cinema are premature. As film spills out into digital downloads and in-flight entertainment, it still has the unique position of defining both twentieth-century modernity and twenty-first-century contemporaneity. The authors gathered here give us a radical survey of the most challenging and exciting intersections of cinema and philosophical thinking. A handbook for the next generation of film scholars." – Sean Cubitt, Director of the Program in Media and Communications, University of Melbourne
AUTHOR BIO:
Felicity Colman is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University.
CONTENTS:
Introduction: What is Film-Philosophy? Felicity Colman
PART 1: WHAT IS CINEMA?
1. Hugo Münsterberg, Robert Sinnerbrink
2. Vilem Flusser, Adrian Martin
3. Siegfried Kracauer, Drehli Robnik
4. Theodor Adorno, Julie Kuhlken
5. Antonin Artaud, Anna Powell
6. Henri Bergson, Dorothea Olkowski
7. Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Helen Fielding
8. Emmanuel Levinas, Sarah Cooper
9. Andre Bazin, Hunter Vaughan
10. Roland Barthes, Colin Gardner
PART 2: POLITICS OF THE CINEMATIC CENTURY
11. Serge Daney, Garin Dowd
12. Jean-Luc Godard, Zsuzsa Baross
13. Stanley Cavell, Rex Butler
14. Jean-Luc Nancy, Clare Colebrook
15. Jacques Derrida, Louise Burchill
16. Gilles Deleuze, John Mullarkey
17. Sarah Kofman, Tom Conley
18. Paul Virilio, Felicity Colman
19. Jean Baudrillard, Catherine Constable
20. Francois Lyotard, Lisa Trahair
21. Fredric Jameson, Scott Durham
22. Felix Guattari, Gary Genosko
PART 3: CINEMATIC NATURE
23. Raymond Bellour, Michael Goddard
24. Christian Metz, Richard Rushton
25. Julia Kristeva, Patricia MacCormack
26. Laura Mulvey, David Sorfa
27. Homi Bhabha, Patricia Pisters
28. Slavoj Zizek, Laurence Simmons
29. Stephen Heath, Fred Botting
30. Alain Badiou, Stephen Zepke
31. Jacques Rancière, Sudeep Dasgupta
32. Giorgio Agamben, Christian McCrea
Notes
Bibliography
Index
