The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film

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Sous la direction de Paisley Livingston et Carl Plantinga

Type: Etudes
Sujet: Théorie
Mots Clés: philosophie
Année d'édition: 2011
Editeur: Routledge
Collection: Routledge Philosophy Companions
1ere édition: 2008
Langue: anglais

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Broché • 692 pages
17 x 24 cm

ISBN

978-0-415-49394-9

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Description de l'ouvrage :
The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film is the first comprehensive volume to explore the main themes, topics, thinkers and issues in philosophy and film. The Companion features sixty specially commissioned chapters from international scholars and is divided into four clear parts:
issues and concepts authors and trends genres film as philosophy.
Part one is a comprehensive section examining key concepts, including chapters on acting, censorship, character, depiction, ethics, genre, interpretation, narrative, reception and spectatorship and style. Part two covers authors and scholars of film and significant theories Part three examines genres such as documentary, experimental cinema, horror, comedy and tragedy. Part four includes chapters on key directors such as Tarkovsky, Bergman and Terrence Malick and on particular films, including Memento.

Each chapter includes a section of annotated further reading and is cross-referenced to related entries.

The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film is essential reading for anyone interested in philosophy of film, aesthetics and film and cinema studies.

À propos des auteurs :
Paisley Livingston is Professor of Philosophy at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. He is the author of Art and Intention: A Philosophical Study, and coeditor (with Berys Gaut) of The Creation of Art: New Essays in Philosophical Aesthetics.Carl Plantinga is Professor of Film Studies in the Communication Arts and Sciences Department at Calvin College, USA. He is the author of Rhetoric and Representation in Nonfiction Film, and coeditor (with Greg M. Smith) of Passionate Views: Film, Cognition and Emotion.

Revue de Presse :
'A fascinating, rich volume offering dazzling insights and incisive commentary on every page, the book not only covers a wide range of concerns and concepts but is also organized and presented in a clear, straightforward manner. Every serious student of film will want this book, which could also serve as a text in advanced film-theory classes. Summing Up: Highly recommended.' - CHOICE
‘The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film features incisive, illuminating, well-documented essays authored by a wide range of established major players and a new generation of philosophers of film. This book will be a godsend for teachers of the subject at all levels as well as an indispensable reference volume for anyone interested in exploring the invitation to philosophical reflection that the medium of film inexorably extends to us.’ - Nancy Bauer, Tufts University, USA
‘This volume distinguishes itself from its competitors by the richness of insight that results from its willingness to acknowledge and explore the sheer variety of ways in which cinema calls for, and can even put in question, the standing interests and concerns of philosophers’.- Stephen Mulhall, New College Oxford, UK

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