Experiments in Film and Philosophy

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-07582-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 146 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 367 g

Christopher Falzon argues in this book for a new way of understanding film as philosophy. Inspired and informed by the work of Michel Foucault, Falzon shows how a motion picture can operate not simply as a thought experiment but as a form of experience-centred, experimental reflection. It is film’s ability to show viewers things that challenge their way of thinking, giving them experiences that can make them think differently, that gives the film its status as philosophy.

Through these cinematic experiences, not only cultural norms and presuppositions but also cinematic conventions, and even established philosophical positions, can be interrogated and questioned. Experiments in Film and Philosophy explores three films in the light of this new way of thinking about philosophy and film: Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless, Rubin Ötlund’s Force Majeure, and Jonathon Glazer’s Under the Skin.

It will be of interest to advanced students and scholars interested in the current debates about the relationship between film and philosophy.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Falzon, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Ch 1. Thought experiments Ch 2. Philosophical experiences Ch 3. Film and philosophical experience Ch 4. Objects of cinematic reflection Ch 5. Breathless – the experimental self Ch 6. Force Majeure – the force of circumstances Ch 7. Under the Skin – a sense of the other Ch 8. Concluding remarks

Über Autor(innen)

Christopher Falzon is a Visiting Fellow in Philosophy at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He is the author of Foucault and Social Dialogue: Beyond Fragmentation (Routledge, 1998), Philosophy Goes to the Movies, Third Edition (Routledge, 2014), and Ethics Goes to the Movies (Routledge, 2018); co-editor of Foucault and Philosophy (2010) and A Companion to Foucault (2013).