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Umfang: xii, 239 p.

ISBN: 978-0-231-16438-2

Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references and index

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Weitere Ausg.: Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe ISBN 978-0-231-53602-8

Sprache: Englisch

Fachgebiete: Allgemeines

Schlagwort(e): Film ; Philosophie

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Umfang: 1 online resource(256 p.) : , illustrations.

Ausgabe: Electronic reproduction. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, 2013. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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ISBN: 9780231536028

Inhalt: Academic philosophy may have lost its audience, but the traditional subjects of philosophy--love, death, justice, knowledge, and faith--remain as compelling as ever. To reach a new generation, Paul W. Kahn argues that philosophy must take up these fundamental concerns as we find them in contemporary culture. He demonstrates how this can be achieved through a turn to popular film.Discussing such well-known movies as Forrest Gump (1994), The American President (1995), The Matrix (1999), Memento (2000), The History of Violence (2005), Gran Torino (2008), The Dark Knight (2008), The Road (2009), and Avatar (2009), Kahn explores powerful archetypes and their hold on us. His inquiry proceeds in two parts. First, he uses film to explore the nature of action and interpretation, arguing that narrative is the critical concept for understanding both. Second, he explores the narratives of politics, family, and faith as they appear in popular films. Engaging with genres as diverse as romantic comedy, slasher film, and pornography, Kahn explores the social imaginary through which we create and maintain a meaningful world. He finds in popular films a new setting for a philosophical inquiry into the timeless themes of sacrifice, innocence, rebirth, law, and love.

Anmerkung: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Preface -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction -- , 1. Philosophy, Democracy, and the Turn to Film -- , 2. Freedom and Persuasion -- , 3. On Interpretation -- , Introduction -- , 4. Violence and the State -- , 5. Love, Romance, and Pornography -- , Conclusion: Film, Faith, and Love -- , Notes -- , Bibliography: Essays on Sources -- , Index -- , Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Preface -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction -- , 1. Philosophy, Democracy, and the Turn to Film -- , 2. Freedom and Persuasion -- , 3. On Interpretation -- , Introduction -- , 4. Violence and the State -- , 5. Love, Romance, and Pornography -- , Conclusion: Film, Faith, and Love -- , Notes -- , Bibliography: Essays on Sources -- , Index. , In English.

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.7312/kahn16438

URL: https://doi.org/10.7312/kahn16438

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Umfang: 1 online resource (257 p.)

ISBN: 0-231-53602-X

Inhalt: Academic philosophy may have lost its audience, but the traditional subjects of philosophy-love, death, justice, knowledge, and faith-remain as compelling as ever. To reach a new generation, Paul W. Kahn argues that philosophy must take up these fundamental concerns as we find them in contemporary culture. He demonstrates how this can be achieved through a turn to popular film.Discussing such well-known movies as Forrest Gump (1994), The American President (1995), The Matrix (1999), Memento (2000), The History of Violence (2005), Gran Torino (2008), The Dark Knight (2008), The Road (2009), and Avatar (2009), Kahn explores powerful archetypes and their hold on us. His inquiry proceeds in two parts. First, he uses film to explore the nature of action and interpretation, arguing that narrative is the critical concept for understanding both. Second, he explores the narratives of politics, family, and faith as they appear in popular films. Engaging with genres as diverse as romantic comedy, slasher film, and pornography, Kahn explores the social imaginary through which we create and maintain a meaningful world. He finds in popular films a new setting for a philosophical inquiry into the timeless themes of sacrifice, innocence, rebirth, law, and love.

Anmerkung: Description based upon print version of record. , Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Preface -- , Acknowledgments -- , Part I. From Philosophy to Film -- , Introduction -- , 1. Philosophy, Democracy, and the Turn to Film -- , 2. Freedom and Persuasion -- , 3. On Interpretation -- , Part II. film and the social imaginary -- , Introduction -- , 4. Violence and the State -- , 5. Love, Romance, and Pornography -- , Conclusion: Film, Faith, and Love -- , Notes -- , Bibliography: Essays on Sources -- , Index , Issued also in print. , English

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 0-231-16438-6

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.7312/kahn16438

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Umfang: 1 online resource (xii, 239 pages)

ISBN: 9780231536028 (ebook) :

Inhalt: Academic philosophy may have lost its audience, but the traditional subjects of philosophy - love, death, justice, knowledge, and faith - remain as compelling as ever. To reach a new generation, Paul W. Kahn argues philosophy must be brought to bear on contemporary discourse surrounding these primal concerns, and he shows how this can be achieved through a turn to popular film.

Weitere Ausg.: Print version : ISBN 9780231164382

Sprache: Englisch

URL: Columbia scholarship online