A Film-Philosophy of Ecology and Enlightenment Hardback
by Rupert Read
Part of the Routledge Research in Aesthetics series
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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.
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- Pages:232 pages, 6 Halftones, black and white
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- Publication Date:22/10/2018
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
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- Pages:232 pages, 6 Halftones, black and white
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- Publication Date:22/10/2018
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- ISBN:9781138596023