Badiou and Cinema
by
Alex Ling
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0748677240
ISBN-13
9780748677245
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Imprint
Edinburgh University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 31st, 2012
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
392 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.70 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
Film theory & criticismWestern philosophy, from c 1900 -
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Applies Badiou's philosophy to films such as Hiroshima Mon Amour, Vertigo and The Matrix. This title employs the philosophy of Alain Badiou to answer the question central to all serious film scholarship - namely, 'can cinema be thought?'
Applies Badiou''s philosophy to well-known films such as Hiroshima Mon Amour, Vertigo and The Matrix
Alex Ling employs the philosophy of Alain Badiou to answer the question central to all serious film scholarship: ''can cinema be thought?'' Treating this question on three levels, the author first asks if we can really think what cinema is, at an ontological level. Secondly, he investigates whether cinema can actually think for itself; that is, whether or not it is truly ''artistic''. Finally, he explores in what ways we can rethink the consequences of the fact that cinema thinks. In answering these questions, the author uses well-known films ranging to illustrate Badiou''s philosophy and to consider the ways in which his work can be extended, critiqued and reframed with respect to the medium of cinema.
Alex Ling employs the philosophy of Alain Badiou to answer the question central to all serious film scholarship: ''can cinema be thought?'' Treating this question on three levels, the author first asks if we can really think what cinema is, at an ontological level. Secondly, he investigates whether cinema can actually think for itself; that is, whether or not it is truly ''artistic''. Finally, he explores in what ways we can rethink the consequences of the fact that cinema thinks. In answering these questions, the author uses well-known films ranging to illustrate Badiou''s philosophy and to consider the ways in which his work can be extended, critiqued and reframed with respect to the medium of cinema.
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