Thanks for the Information , Felicity.
Very impressive line up indeed.
best regards
Surbhi Goel
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:04 AM, Felicity Colman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> Apologies for cross-posting.
>
> This book may be of interest for any of you teaching in screen-based media/ film / theory /
> philosophy classes check
> out this book, order a copy for your libraries :) Thank you
>
>
> Film, Theory and Philosophy
> The Key Thinkers
>
> Editor: Felicity Colman
>
> http://www.acumenpublishing.co.uk/display.asp?K=e2009013014160269
>
>
> DESCRIPTION:
>
> Philosophy, and in particular continental philosophy, has provided a conceptual underpinning for
> cinema since its beginnings, especially in the development of cinematic aesthetics. In its turn,
> film has rethought the abstractions of space and time and the categories of sex and gender and has
> created new concepts which illuminate phenomenology, metaphysics and epistemology.
>
> Film, Theory and Philosophy brings together leading scholars to provide a detailed overview of
> the key thinkers who have shaped the field of film philosophy. The thinkers include continental
> philosophers, “post-continental” philosophers, analytic philosophers, film-makers, film reviewers,
> sociologists, and cultural theorists. The essays reveal how philosophy can be applied to film
> analysis and how film can be used to illustrate philosophical problems. But more importantly, the
> essays explore how film has shaped what philosophy thinks and how philosophy has lead to a
> reappraisal of film. The book will prove an invaluable reference and guide to readers interested in
> a deeper understanding of the issues and insights presented by film philosophy.
>
> REVIEWS:
>
> "With contributions from highly respected scholars in the field, this work will be an
> indispensable point of reference for all those who want to understand the complex relation between
> philosophical reflection and film as it developed from the early decades of the twentieth century
> onwards." – Ian James, University of Cambridge
>
> "Announcements of the death of cinema are premature. As film spills out into digital downloads
> and in-flight entertainment, it still has the unique position of defining both twentieth-century
> modernity and twenty-first-century contemporaneity. The authors gathered here give us a radical
> survey of the most challenging and exciting intersections of cinema and philosophical thinking. A
> handbook for the next generation of film scholars." – Sean Cubitt, Director of the Program in Media
> and Communications, University of Melbourne
>
> AUTHOR BIO:
> Felicity Colman is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University.
>
> CONTENTS:
>
> Introduction: What is Film-Philosophy? Felicity Colman
> PART 1: WHAT IS CINEMA?
> 1. Hugo Münsterberg, Robert Sinnerbrink
> 2. Vilem 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 Fielding
> 8. Emmanuel Levinas, Sarah Cooper
> 9. Andre Bazin, Hunter Vaughan
> 10. Roland Barthes, Colin Gardner
> PART 2: POLITICS OF THE CINEMATIC CENTURY
> 11. Serge Daney, Garin Dowd
> 12. Jean-Luc Godard, Zsuzsa Baross
> 13. Stanley Cavell, Rex Butler
> 14. Jean-Luc Nancy, Clare Colebrook
> 15. Jacques Derrida, Louise Burchill
> 16. Gilles Deleuze, John Mullarkey
> 17. Sarah Kofman, Tom Conley
> 18. Paul Virilio, Felicity Colman
> 19. Jean Baudrillard, Catherine Constable
> 20. Francois Lyotard, Lisa Trahair
> 21. Fredric Jameson, Scott Durham
> 22. Felix Guattari, Gary Genosko
> PART 3: CINEMATIC NATURE
> 23. Raymond Bellour, Michael Goddard
> 24. Christian Metz, Richard Rushton
> 25. Julia Kristeva, Patricia MacCormack
> 26. Laura Mulvey, David Sorfa
> 27. Homi Bhabha, Patricia Pisters
> 28. Slavoj Zizek, Laurence Simmons
> 29. Stephen Heath, Fred Botting
> 30. Alain Badiou, Stephen Zepke
> 31. Jacques Rancière, Sudeep Dasgupta
> 32. Giorgio Agamben, Christian McCrea
> Notes
> Bibliography
> Index
>
> ISBN: 184465 Pages: 416 (244 x 172mm)
> Format: Paperback
> Published Price: £19.99
> Discount Price: £15.99
>
> Also available in Hardback (1844651843), priced £60.00
> http://www.acumenpublishing.co.uk/display.asp?K=e2009013014160269
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