Ian Fraser

Political Theory and Film

From Adorno to ¿i¿ek

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Produktbeschreibung

Critically examines how radical political theory and its application to film analysis can provide insight to the aesthetic self during political upheaval and conflict.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9781783481637
• ISBN-10: 1783481633
• Artikelnr.: 42808647

Autorenporträt

Ian Fraser is Senior Lecturer in Politics in the Department of Politics, History and International Relations, Loughborough University, UK. He is the author of: Identity, Politics and the Novel: The Aesthetic Moment (2013), Dialectics of the Self: Transcending Charles Taylor (2007), Hegel and Marx: The Concept of Need (1998), co-editor, with Tony Burns, of The Hegel-Marx Connection (2001), and co-author, with Lawrence Wilde, of The Marx Dictionary (Continuum, 2011).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Theodor Adorno: Charlie Chaplin's Monsieur Verdoux
2. Walter Benjamin: Ken Loach's Land and Freedom
3. Ernst Bloch: Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris
4. Gilles Deleuze: Kleber Mendonça Filho's Neighbouring Sounds
5. Alain Badiou: Jia Zhangke's A Touch of Sin
6. Jacques Rancière: Gavin Hood's Rendition
7. Julia Kristeva: David Fincher's Fight Club
8. Slavoj iek: JC Chandor's Margin Call
9. Cinema and the Aesthetic Self