Damian Cox, Michael P. Levine

Broschiertes Buch

Thinking Through Film

Beschreibung

An introduction to philosophy through film, Thinking ThroughFilm: Doing Philosophy, Watching Movies combines theexploration of fundamental philosophical issues with the experienceof viewing films, and provides an engaging reading experience forundergraduate students, philosophy enthusiasts and film buffsalike.

An in-depth yet accessible introduction to the philosophicalissues raised by films, film spectatorship andfilm-making
Provides 12 self-contained, close discussions of individualfilms from across genres
Films discussed include Total Recall, Minority Report, LaPromesse, Funny Games, Ikuru, The Dark Knight, Memento, AI andmore
Explores concepts that span epistemology, metaphysics, fate,choice, robot love, time travel, personal identity, spectacle,ethics, luck, regret, consequentialism, deontology and thephilosophy of film itself
A uniquely flexible resource for courses in philosophy and filmthat encourages student reflection, as well as being an engagingread for the film enthusiast

Autor

Damian Cox is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bond University. He is co-author, with Michael Levine and Marguerite La Caze, of Integrity and the Fragile Self (2003). He has written widely on philosophical topics, including ethics, value theory, metaphysics, and epistemology. Michael P. Levine is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Western Australia, and has co-authored, with Damian Cox and Saul Newman, Politics Most Unusual: Violence, Sovereignty and Democracy in the 'War on Terror' (2009). He is currently working on the topic of the role of regret and self-assessment in our moral lives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 1A405193420
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 154mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 423g
• ISBN-13: 9781405193429
• ISBN-10: 1405193425
• Artikelnr.: 33353591

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"Thinking Through Film provides the best introduction available to the diverse relationships between film and philosophy. Clearly written and persuasively argued, it will benefit students of both film and philosophy." -- Thomas E. Wartenberg, Mount Holyoke College

"Cox and Levine's admirable Thinking Through Film picks up where Philosophy Goes to the Movies left off, arguing that films not only do philosophy but, in some cases, do it better than philosophers! The result is a rich and rewarding examination of films-from metaphysical thought experiments, personal identity puzzles, to reflections on the meaning of life-that shows, in bracing, no-nonsense fashion, how popular cinema can do serious philosophy." -- Roger Sinnerbrink, Macquarie University

Thinking Through Film provides the best introduction available to the diverse relationships between film and philosophy. Clearly written and persuasively argued, it will benefit students of both film and philosophy.

Thomas E. Wartenberg, Mount Holyoke College

Cox and Levine's admirable Thinking Through Film picks up where Philosophy Goes to the Movies left off, arguing that films not only do philosophy but, in some cases, do it better than philosophers! The result is a rich and rewarding examination of films-from metaphysical thought experiments, personal identity puzzles, to reflections on the meaning of life-that shows, in bracing, no-nonsense fashion, how popular cinema can do serious philosophy.

Roger Sinnerbrink, Macquarie University