Film, Theory, and Philosophy: The Key Thinkers 9780773594821

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Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction: What is film-philosophy?
I: WHAT IS CINEMA?
1. Hugo Munsterberg
2. Vilem Flusser
3. Siegfried Kracauer
4. Theodor Adorno
5. Antonin Artaud
6. Henri Bergson
7. Maurice Merleau-Ponty
8. Emmanuel Levinas
9. Andre Bazin
10. Roland Barthes
II: POLITICS OF THE CINEMATIC CENTURY
11. Serge Daney
12. Jean-Luc Godard
13. Stanley Cavell
14. Jean-Luc Nancy
15. Jacques Derrida
16. Gilles Deleuze
17. Sarah Kofman
18. Paul Virilio
19. Jean Baudrillard
20. Jean-Franqois Lyotard
21. Fredric Jameson
22. Felix Guattari
III: CINEMATIC NATURE
23. Raymond Bellour
24. Christian Metz
25. Julia Kristeva
26. Laura Mulvey
27. Homi K. Bhabha
28. Slavoj Zizek
29. Stephen Heath
30. Alain Badiou
31. Jacques Ranciere
32. Giorgio Agamben
Filmography
Bibliography
Index
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FILM, THEORY AND PHILOSOPHY

FILM, THEORY AND PHILOSOPHY The Key Thinkers Edited by Felicity Colman

McGill-Queen's University Press Montreal & Kingston Ithaca

For Nia, who loves Jaws

63 Editorial matter and selection, Felicity Colman 2009.

Individual contributions, the contributors ISBN: 978-0-7735-3697-5 (bound) ISBN: 978-0-7735-3700-2 (pbk.) Legal deposit first quarter 2010 BibliothGque nationale du Qu4bec This book is copyright under the Berne Convention. No reproduction without permission. All rights reserved. Published simultaneously outside North America by Acumen Publishing Limited Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Film, theory and philosophy : the key thinkers / edited by Felicity Colman. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7735-3697-5 (bound).--ISBN 978-0-7735-3700-2 (pbk.) 1.Motion pictures--Philosophy. 2. Philosophy in motion pictures. 3. Philosophy, European--20th century, 4. Philosophers--Europe--20th century. I. Colman, Felicity, 1967-

Typeset in Warnock Pro. Printed and bound in the UK by MPG Books Group.

CONTENTS

Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: What is film-philosophy? Felicity Colman I WHAT IS CINEMA?

1. Hugo Miinsterberg Robert Sinnerbrink

2. Vil4m Flusser Adrian Martin 3. Siegfried Kracauer Drehli Robnik 4. Theodor Adorno Julie Kuhlken

5. Antonin Artaud Anna Powell 6. Henri Bergson Dorothea Olkowski 7. Maurice Merleau-Ponty Helen A. Fielding 8. Emmanuel Levinas Sarah Cooper

9. Andr6 Bazin Hunter Vaughan 10. Roland Barthes Colin Gardner II POLITICS OF THE CINEMATIC CENTURY

11. Serge Daney Garin Dowd

12. Jean-Luc Godard Zsuzsa Baross 13. Stanley Cave11 Rex Butler

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CONTENTS

14. Jean-Luc Nancy Claire Colebrook

15. Jacques Derrida Louise Burchill 16. Gilles Deleuze John Mullarkey 17. Sarah Kofman Tom Conley

18. Paul Virilio Felicity Colrnan 19. Jean Baudrillard Catherine Constable

20. Jean-FranqoisLyotard Lisa Trahair 21. Fredric Jameson Scott Durham 22. Fklix Guattari Gary Genosko Ill CINEMATIC NATURE

23. Raymond Bellour Michael Goddard 24. Christian Metz Richard Rushton 25. Julia Kristeva Patricia MacCormack 26. Laura Mulvey David Sorfa 27. Homi I