Screen LibraryFilm as philosophy Essays in cinema after Wittgenstein and Cavell /
'A collection of articles on individual films both interesting in itself, and fascinating as a sign of the fruitful and widespread impact on thinking about movies that Stanley Cavell's work is beginning to have. To top it off, there is a conversation with Cavell (conducted by Andrew Klevan...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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'A collection of articles on individual films both interesting in itself, and fascinating as a sign of the fruitful and widespread impact on thinking about movies that Stanley Cavell's work is beginning to have. To top it off, there is a conversation with Cavell (conducted by Andrew Klevan) that is, by itself, worth the price of admission.' - Professor Stanley Bates, Department of Philosophy, Middlebury College, USA '...a fine collection of writings by a new generation of philosophers interested in looking anew at film as philosophical practice. Rather than merely using cinema to illustrate |
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Ebook. Originally published in: 2005. |
| Carrier Form: | 232 p. |
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9781403949004 9780230524262 : 0230524265 : |
| CLC: | B0 |
| Contents: | List of Plates Preface Notes on Contributors Introduction I: A Philosopher Goes to the Cinema-- J.Goodenough Introduction II: What Theory of Film do Wittgenstein and Cavell have?-- R.Read PART I: ESSAYS Cogito Ergo Film: Plato, Descartes and Fight Club-- N.Bauer In Space No-one can Hear you Scream-- S.Mulhall Memento: A Philosophical Investigation-- P.Hutchinson & R.Read The Everydayness of Don Giovanni-- S.Glendinning Silent Dialogue: Philosophizing with Jan Svankmajer-- D.Rudrum Calm: On Terence Malik's The Thin Red Line-- S.Critchley Habitual Remarriage: The Ends of Happiness in The Palm |