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A Film-Philosophy of Ecology and Enlightenment (Paperback)
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A Film-Philosophy of Ecology and Enlightenment (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Research in Aesthetics
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Inspired by the philosophy of Wittgenstein and his idea that the
purpose of real philosophical thinking is not to discover something
new, but to show in a strikingly different light what is already
there, this book provides philosophical readings of a number of
'arthouse' and Hollywood films. Each chapter contains a discussion
of two films-one explored in greater detail and the other analyzed
as a minor key which reveals the possibility for the book's ideas
to be applied across different films, registers, and genres. The
readings are not only interpretive, but they offer a way of
thinking and feeling about, with, and through films which is
genuinely transformative. Rupert Read's main contention is that
certain films can bring about a change in how we see the world. He
advocates an ecological approach to film-philosophy analysis,
arguing that film can re-shape the viewer's relationship to the
environment and other living beings. The transformative 'wake-up
call' of these films is enlightenment in its true sense. The result
is a book that ambitiously aims to change, though film, how we
think of ourselves and our place in the world, at a time when such
change is more needed than ever before.
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