Thinking On Screen: Film as Philosophy is an accessible and thought-provoking examination of the way films raise and explore complex philosophical ideas.
Thinking On Screen: Film as Philosophy is an accessible and thought-provoking examination of the way films raise and explore complex philosophical ideas.
Thomas E. Wartenberg is Professor at Mount Holyoke College and author of Unlikely Couples: Movie Romance as Social Criticism. He has edited five anthologies of philosophy and film and is film editor for Philosophy Now.
Inhaltsangabe
List of figures Preface 1. Can philosophy be screened? 2. Are there limits to film's philosophical capabilities? 3. Illustrating a philosophical theory: Modern Times 4. A skeptical thought experiment: The Matrix 5. Arguing against utilitarianism: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 6. Moral intelligence and the limits of loyalty: The Third Man 7. Foregrounding the background: Empire and The Flicker 8. The nature of cinematic philosophy Notes Bibliography Index
List of figures Preface 1. Can philosophy be screened? 2. Are there limits to film's philosophical capabilities? 3. Illustrating a philosophical theory: Modern Times 4. A skeptical thought experiment: The Matrix 5. Arguing against utilitarianism: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 6. Moral intelligence and the limits of loyalty: The Third Man 7. Foregrounding the background: Empire and The Flicker 8. The nature of cinematic philosophy Notes Bibliography Index
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