Reel Arguments

Film, Philosophy, And Social Criticism

AvAndrew Light

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

Reel Arguments collects an integrated series of essays addressing the role of film as social criticism. By looking at films and the creators of such films as Alice in the Cities, Enemy of the State, The Conversation, Falling Down, City of Hope, and Matewan, Light persuasively argues that film can be both highly philosophical and influential on publ

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-09-05
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:417 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:212
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780367317638

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Samhälle och kultur inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Andrew Light is Co-Director of the Applied Philosophy Group in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Professions at New York University, and Co-Editor of the journal Philosophy and Geography. He has edited or co-edited thirteen anthologies, including Moral and Political Reasoning in Environmental Practice, Technology and the Good Life?, and The Aesthetics of Everyday Life.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Film as Social Philosophy -- Film, Technology, and Built Space -- Enemies of the State? Electronic Surveillance and the Neutrality of Technology -- Wim Wenders's Everyday Aesthetics -- Boyz in the Woods: Los Angeles as Urban Wilderness -- Film, Group Interests, and Political Identity -- John Sayles on Class Interest -- Spike Lee, Chico Mendes, and the Representation of Political Identity