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Philosophers on Film from Bergson to Badiou

A Critical Reader
  • Edited by: Christopher Kul-Want
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2019
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Philosophers on Film from Bergson to Badiou is an anthology of writings on cinema and film by many of the major thinkers in continental philosophy. The book presents a selection of fundamental texts, each introduced by the editor, Christopher Kul-Want, who places the philosophers within a historical and intellectual framework.

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Christopher Kul-Want is course leader of the MRes Art course and leader of the MRes Art: Theory and Philosophy pathway at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London. He is the editor of Philosophers on Art from Kant to the Postmodernists: A Critical Reader (Columbia, 2010), to which this volume is a companion.

Reviews

Adrian Rifkin, Goldsmiths College, University of London:
This important and comprehensive collection offers a complex and carefully chosen series of texts that set out the difficult and urgent relations between film and philosophy, as well as between popular cultures and critical thinking over the last century. Christopher Kul-Want's introduction is a subtle and definitive guide through these crucial issues of modern culture that will enable the reader to find their own place among them.

John Ó Maoilearca, Kingston University, London:
An essential collection that gathers the most important works, both classical and contemporary, on film and philosophy. It covers all of the field’s complex configurations from the continental tradition: philosophy of film, philosophy in film, as well as film as philosophy. No serious film philosopher will be able to leave home without it.

Ronald Bogue, University of Georgia:
The contemporary philosophers included in this anthology have been prominent in Anglophone discourse in the humanities over the last twenty years, yet their contributions to film theory have not been addressed in a systematic fashion. Philosophers on Film from Bergson to Badiou offers a coherent framework for approaching this diverse group of philosophers, and the summaries of the arguments of the individual selections are informed, accurate, and accessible. This anthology promises to serve an important function in cinema studies.

ANDREW KETTLER, University of South Carolina:
Philosophers on Film is an important collection, especially for students first breaking into film studies or scholars who desire quick reference to diverse groundbreaking texts.

Any film lover in or freshly out of school may just have their life changed with this little diddy.


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