Refractions of Reality: Philosophy and the Moving Image

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-349-28065-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 385 g

This is the first book to explore all central issues surrounding the relationship between the film-image and philosophy. It tackles the work of particular philosophers of film (Žižek, Deleuze and Cavell) as well as general philosophical positions (Cognitivist and Culturalist), and analyses the ability of film to teach and create philosophy.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mullarkey, John

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Preface: The Film-Envy of Philosophy Introduction: Nobody Knows Anything! Illustrating Manuscripts Bordwell and Other Cogitators Žižek and the Cinema of Perversion Deleuze's Kinematic Philosophy Cavell, Badiou, and Other Ontologists Expanded Cognitions and the Speeds of Cinema Fabulation, Process and Event Refractions of Reality Or, What is Thinking Anyway? Conclusion: Code Unknown - A Bastard Theory for a Bastard Art Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

JOHN MULLARKEY is Professor of Film and Television, Kingston University, London, UK. His publications include (1999) and (2006). He is an editor of Film-Philosophy.com.