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[ecrea] New Book: Film, Theory & Philosophy

Mon Dec 07 20:37:05 GMT 2009



for any of you teaching in screen-based media/ film / theory / philosophy classes check
out this book, order a copy for your libraries :) Thank you

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
£60.00http://www.acumenpublishing.co.uk/display.asp?K=e2009013Program Leader in Film & Media
School of History of Art & Design
The Manchester School of Art
Manchester Metropolitan University
Righton Building
Cavendish Street
Manchester M15 6GB
www.mmu.ac.uk/artschool
+44 (0)161 2471944
(f.colman /at/ mmu.ac.uk)


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