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European Cinema and Continental Philosophy

By Thomas Elsaesser

European Cinema and Continental Philosophy Philosophy

European Cinema and Continental Philosophy

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This groundbreaking volume for the Thinking Cinema series focuses on the extent to which contemporary cinema contributes to political and philosophical thinking about the future of Europe's core Enlightenment values. In light of the challenges of globalization, multi-cultural communities and post-nation state democracy, the book interrogates the borders of ethics and politics and roots itself in debates about post-secular, post-Enlightenment philosophy. By defining a cinema that knows that it is no longer a competitor to Hollywood (i.e. the classic self-other construction), Elsaesser also thinks past the kind of self-exoticism or auto-ethnography that is the perpetual temptation of such a co-produced, multi-platform 'national cinema as world cinema'. Discussing key filmmakers and philosophers, like: Claire Denis and Jean-Luc Nancy; Aki Kaurismäki, abjection and Julia Kristeva; Michael Haneke, the paradoxes of Christianity and Slavoj Zizek; Fatih Akin, Alain Badiou and Jacques Rancière, Elsaesser is able to approach European cinema and assesses its key questions within a global context. His combination of political and philosophical thinking will surely ground the debate in film philosophy for years to come.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
352
Release Date:
2018-11-29
Publication Date:
2018-11-29
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1441182217
ISBN13:
9781441182210
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
543 g
Height:
151 cm
Width:
228 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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