|
Books > Arts & Architecture
|
Buy Now
The Cinema, or The Imaginary Man (Paperback, /Uncensored Box)
Loot Price: R501
Discovery Miles 5 010
|
|
|
The Cinema, or The Imaginary Man (Paperback, /Uncensored Box)
 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R501
Discovery Miles 5 010
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
When The Cinema, or The Imaginary Man first appeared in 1956, the
movies and the moviegoing experience were generally not regarded as
worthy of serious scholarly consideration. Yet, French critic and
social theorist Edgar Morin perceived in the cinema a complex
phenomenon capable of illuminating fundamental truths about
thought, imagination, and human nature - which allowed him to
connect the mythic universe of gods and spirits present within the
most primitive societies to the hyperreality emanating from the
images projected on the screen. Now making its English-language
debut, this audacious, provocative work draws on insights from
poets, filmmakers, anthropologists, and philosophers to restore to
the cinema the sense of magic first enjoyed at the dawn of the
medium. Morin's inquiry follows two veins of investigation. The
first focuses on the cinematic image as the nexus between the real
and the imaginary; the second examines the cinema's re-creation of
the archaic universe of doubles and ghosts and its power to
possess, to bewitch, to nourish dreams, desires, and aspirations.
"We experience the cinema in a state of double consciousness,"
Morin writes, "an astonishing phenomenon where the illusion of
reality is inseparable from the awareness that it is really an
illusion."
General
| Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
June 2005 |
| First published: |
June 2005 |
| Authors: |
Edgar Morin
|
| Translators: |
Lorraine Mortimer
|
| Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
336 |
| Edition: |
/Uncensored Box |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8166-4038-6 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-8166-4038-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780816640386 |
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(1)
