Thinking Film: Philosophy at the Movies

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Thinking Film: Philosophy at the Movies
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Professor Richard Kearney
Edited by Murray Littlejohn
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:480
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreFilm theory and criticism
Philosophy - aesthetics
Ethics and moral philosophy
ISBN/Barcode 9781350113466
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
NZ Release Date 10 August 2023
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Hailed as one of America's original art forms, film has the distinctive character of crossing both high and low art. But film has done more than this. According to American philosopher Stanley Cavell, film was also a place where America in the 30s and 40s did its thinking, a tradition that was taken up and enriched throughout world cinema. Can film indeed think? That is, can film do the work of philosophy? The contributors in Thinking Film: Philosophy at the Movies argue that it can. A deliberately international text featuring pieces never before translated into English and an array of thinkers from across the analytic and continental traditions, Thinking Film: Philosophy at the Movies features work by established philosophers of film such as Stanley Cavell and Gilles Deleuze, philosophers like Merleau-Ponty and Roland Barthes alongside contemporary thinkers like Stephen Mulhall and Vivian Sobchack and new, up-and-coming voices like Sandra Laugier, Irene Fernandez and Stephanie Rumpza. Each section focuses in on a particular aspect of 'thinking film' and is introduced by the book editors to provide history and context. Thinking Film: Philosophy at the Movies provides a novel and engaging 'way in' to thinking philosophically about this enduringly popular art form.

Author Biography

Richard Kearney is Charles B. Seelig Professor of Philosophy at Boston College, USA. He is the author of over 20 books on European philosophy and literature (including two novels and a volume of poetry) and has edited or co-edited 14 more. Murray Littlejohn is Senior Instructor, Humanities and Languages, University of New Brunswick, Canada.