A Film-Philosophy of Ecology and Enlightenment Contributor(s): Read, Rupert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138596027 ISBN-13: 9781138596023 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | Film & Video - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism |
Dewey: 791.430 |
LCCN: 2018039766 |
Series: Routledge Research in Aesthetics |
Physical Information: 232 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Inspired by the philosophy of Wittgenstein and his idea that the purpose of real philosophical thinking is not to discover something new, but to show in a strikingly different light what is already there, this book provides philosophical readings of a number of 'arthouse' and Hollywood films. Each chapter contains a discussion of two films--one explored in greater detail and the other analyzed as a minor key which reveals the possibility for the book's ideas to be applied across different films, registers, and genres. The readings are not only interpretive, but they offer a way of thinking and feeling about, with, and through films which is genuinely transformative. Rupert Read's main contention is that certain films can bring about a change in how we see the world. He advocates an ecological approach to film-philosophy analysis, arguing that film can re-shape the viewer's relationship to the environment and other living beings. The transformative 'wake-up call' of these films is enlightenment in its true sense. The result is a book that ambitiously aims to change, though film, how we think of ourselves and our place in the world, at a time when such change is more needed than ever before. |