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Film, Theory and Philosophy The Key Thinkers
Editor(s):Felicity Colman
http://www.acumenpublishing.co.uk/display.asp?K=e2009013014160269
DESCRIPTION:
Philosophy,and in particular continental
philosophy, has provided a conceptualunderpinning for
cinema since its beginnings, especially in
thedevelopment of cinematic aesthetics. In its turn, film
has rethoughtthe abstractions of space and time
and the categories of sex and genderand has created
new concepts which illuminate phenomenology,metaphysics and epistemology.
Film, Theory and Philosophy brings together
leading scholarsto provide a detailed overview of the
key thinkers who have shaped thefield of film philosophy. The thinkers include
continentalphilosophers, â??post-continentalâ??
philosophers, analytic philosophers,film-makers, film
reviewers, sociologists, and cultural theorists.
Theessays reveal how philosophy can be applied to
film analysis and howfilm can be used to
illustrate philosophical problems. But moreimportantly, the
essays explore how film has shaped what
philosophythinks and how philosophy has lead to a
reappraisal of film. The bookwill prove an
invaluable reference and guide to readers interested in
adeeper understanding of the issues and insights presented by filmphilosophy.
REVIEWS:
"Withcontributions from highly respected
scholars in the field, this workwill be an indispensable
point of reference for all those who want
tounderstand the complex relation between philosophical
reflection andfilm as it developed from the
early decades of the twentieth centuryonwards." Ian
James, University of Cambridge
"Announcements of the death of cinema are
premature. As film spillsout into digital downloads and
in-flight entertainment, it still hasthe unique
position of defining both twentieth-century
modernity andtwenty-first-century
contemporaneity. The authors gathered here give usa radical survey
of the most challenging and exciting
intersections ofcinema and philosophical thinking. A handbook
for the next generationof film scholars." Sean
Cubitt, Directorr 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
ISBN: 1844651851ISBN-13:
9781844651856Publication Date: 31/11/2009Pages: 416 (244 x 172mm) Format:
PaperbackPublished Price: £19.99Discount Price: £15.99
Also available in Hardback (1844651843), priced
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