The Continental Philosophy of Film Reader by Joseph Westfall (English) Hardcover

Description: The Continental Philosophy of Film Reader by Joseph Westfall The first collection of its kind, The Continental Philosophy of Film Reader is the essential anthology of writings by continental philosophers on cinema, representing the last century of film-making and thinking about film, as well as all of the major schools of Continental thought: phenomenology and existentialism, Marxism and critical theory, semiotics and hermeneutics, psychoanalysis, and postmodernism. Included here are not only the classic texts in continental philosophy of film, from Benjamins "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" to extracts of Deleuzes Cinema and Barthess Mythologies, but also the earliest works of Continental philosophy of film, from thinkers such as Georg Lukács, and little-read gems by philosophical giants such as Sartre and Beauvoir.The book demonstrates both the philosophical significance of these thinkers ideas about film, as well their influence on filmmakers in Europe and across the globe. In addition, however, this wide-ranging collection also teaches us how important film is to the last century of European philosophical thought. Almost every major continental European thinker of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries has had something to say—sometimes, quite a lot to say—about cinema: as an art form, as a social or political phenomenon, as a linguistic device and conveyor of information, as a projection of our fears and desires, as a site for oppression and resistance, or as a model on the basis of which some of us, at least, learn how to live.Purpose built for classroom use, with pedagogical features introducing and contextualizing the extracts, this reader is an indispensable tool for students and researchers in philosophy of film, film studies and the history of cinema. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Joseph Westfall is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Houston-Downtown, USA. He is the author of The Kierkegaardian Author (2007), co-editor of the forthcoming Foucault and Nietzsche (Bloomsbury 2017) and has written numerous articles and book chapters on topics in Continental philosophy, aesthetics, and the philosophies of literature and film. Table of Contents AcknowledgementsIntroductionSection I: FoundationsChapter 1 Ricciotto CanudoThe Birth of the Sixth Art (1911)Chapter 2 Georg LukácsThoughts on an Aesthetics of Cinema (1913)Chapter 3 Hugo MÜnsterbergThe Means and Function of the Photoplay (1916)Chapter 4 Rudolf ArnheimSound Film (1928-1932)Chapter 5 André BazinThe Ontology of the Photographic Image (1945)Chapter 6 Jean EpsteinMechanical Philosophy (1946)Chapter 7 Béla BalázsTheory of the Film (1948)Chapter 8 Roland BarthesThe Romans in Films (1957)Garbos Face (1957)Lost Continent (1957)Section II: Phenomenology and ExistentialismChapter 9 Jean-Paul SartreMotion Picture Art (1931)Chapter 10 André MalrauxSketch for a Psychology of the Moving Pictures (1940)Chapter 11 Roman IngardenThe Film (1961)Chapter 12 Maurice Merleau-PontyThe Film and the New Psychology (1964)Chapter 13 Jean Louis ScheferThe Ordinary Man of the Cinema (1980)Chapter 14 Serge DaneyThe Tracking Shot in Kapo (1992)Chapter 15 Daniel FramptonFilmosophy (2006)Section III: Marxism and Critical TheoryChapter 16 Siegfried KracauerCult of Distraction: On Berlins Picture Palaces (1926)Chapter 17 Sergei EisensteinA Dialectic Approach to Film Form (1931)Chapter 18 Walter BenjaminThe Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1939)Chapter 19 Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. AdornoThe Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception (1944)Chapter 20 Theodor W. AdornoTransparencies on Film (1966)Chapter 21 Jacques RancièreA Thwarted Fable (2001)Section IV: Psychology and PsychoanalysisChapter 22 Jean MitryThe Psychology of Montage (1963)Chapter 23 Jean-Louis BaudryIdeological Effects of the Basic Cinematographic Apparatus (1970)Chapter 24 Félix GuattariA Cinema of Desire (1973)The Poor Mans Couch (1975)Chapter 25 Julia KristevaFantasy and Cinema (1997)Chapter 26 Slavoj iekThe Strange Case of the Missing Lacanians (2001)Section V: Feminism and Gender StudiesChapter 27 Simone de BeauvoirBrigitte Bardot and the Lolita Syndrome (1959)Chapter 28 Laura MulveyVisual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema (1975)Chapter 29 Teresa de LauretisThrough the Looking-Glass: Women, Cinema, and Language (1984)Chapter 30 Judith ButlerGender is Burning (1993)Chapter 31 Judith HalberstamThe Transgender Look (2005)Chapter 32 Tina ChanterConcluding Reflections on the Necrophilia of Fetishism (2008)Chapter 33 Drucilla CornellShooting Eastwood (2009)Section VI: PostmodernismChapter 34 Edgar MorinThe Semi-imaginary Reality of Man (1956)Chapter 35 Monique WittigLacunary Films (1966)Chapter 36 Jean-François LyotardAcinema (1973)Chapter 37 Michel FoucaultFilm and Popular Memory (1974)Chapter 38 Jean BaudrillardHistory: A Retro Scenario (1981)Chapter 39 Paul VirilioThe Imposture of Immediacy (1984)Sicut Prior est Tempore ita quo Potio Iure (1984)Chapter 40 Gilles DeleuzeThe Time-Image (1985)Chapter 41 Giorgio AgambenNotes on Gesture (1992)Chapter 42 Jean-Luc NancyOn Evidence: Life and Nothing More, by Abbas Kiarostami (1995)Chapter 43 Alain BadiouThe False Movements of Cinema (1998)Chapter 44 Jacques DerridaCinema and Its Ghosts (2000)Chapter 45 Bernard StieglerCinematic Time (2001)Epilogue Giorgio AgambenThe Six Most Beautiful Minutes in the History of Cinema (2005)Index Review The intellectually minded film world has been waiting for this anthology. Westfalls book does not only provide a comprehensive collection of texts essential in European philosophy of film or film aesthetics; it also succeeds in drawing a distinguishing line between continental and analytic philosophy of film, a line that used to be blurred. The book plausibly establishes the existence of continental philosophy of film as a distinct tradition. -- Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Gulf University, KuwaitThis is a long overdue collection of readings which have shaped the trajectory of continental philosophy and film, from Eisenstein and MÜnsterberg to Frampton and Halberstam. Invaluable for teaching and as a research guide, this is the first volume to bring all these names together in this context, demonstrating the breadth of the field and the extraordinary contributions made by these thinkers to debates about film. -- Lucy Bolton, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, Queen Mary, University of London, UKThis is the most complete compilation of European film-philosophers I have ever seen, and the selection features some of the most influential writings in the history of the discipline. I would love to have such a resource. -- Daniel Shaw, Professor of Philosophy, Lock Haven University, USAA superb selection of texts, as diverse as it is ambitious. If you are looking for the best thinking about cinema available in a single volume, it may be the one youre holding in your hands. -- Costica Bradatan, Professor of Humanities, Texas Tech University, USAContinental philosophy of film has long and fascinating history, one that has often been obscured or misunderstood. Its contribution to contemporary film theory is thus only now starting to be appreciated. Joseph Westfalls magisterial volume, the Continental Philosophy of Film Reader, marks a major milestone in our understanding of this rich tradition of philosophical reflection on cinema. His volume covers the entire history of the medium, from early theorists such as Canudo, Epstein, and Lukacs, lesser known texts by Malraux, Barthes, and Schefer, to contemporary thinkers such as Butler, Stiegler, and Agamben. With an authoritative Introduction, helpful summary texts for each author, and a host of new translations, this timely and impressive Reader provides an edifying and enlightening guide to the Continental contribution to film theory. -- Robert Sinnerbrink, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Macquarie University, AustraliaFinally an anthology of continental philosophers on film! The Continental Philosophy on Film Reader has made a wealth of primary sources easily accessible for cross-reading, discerning trajectories, and tracing responses. Ending with postmodernism, this welcome historical anthology allows access to diverse formats from Simone de Beauvoirs defense of Brigit Bardot against criticism by other women in what today would be a blog to the chatty interviewee Michel Foucault rejecting films about known figures even if these are Continental philosophers. -- Silke Panse, Reader in Film, Art and Philosophy, University for the Creative Arts Canterbury, UK Promotional This book is an anthology of primary source writings by significant philosophers in the Continental tradition on film, from the beginning of the 20th-century to the present. Review Quote The intellectually minded film world has been waiting for this anthology. Westfalls book does not only provide a comprehensive collection of texts essential in European philosophy of film or film aesthetics; it also succeeds in drawing a distinguishing line between continental and analytic philosophy of film, a line that used to be blurred. The book plausibly establishes the existence of continental philosophy of film as a distinct tradition. Promotional "Headline" This book is an anthology of primary source writings by significant philosophers in the Continental tradition on film, from the beginning of the 20th-century to the present. Feature the only collection of Continental philosophers writings on film available in the English language Details ISBN1474275699 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Year 2018 ISBN-10 1474275699 ISBN-13 9781474275699 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2018-01-25 Imprint Bloomsbury Academic Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Joseph Westfall Illustrations 33 illustrations Affiliation University of Houston-Downtown, USA Pages 680 DEWEY 791.4301 Language English UK Release Date 2018-01-25 NZ Release Date 2018-01-25 Author Joseph Westfall Birth 1907 Death 1990 Position Senior Lecturer in Postcolonial Studies Qualifications PH D Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2018-01-24 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:117641995;

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