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2005 TRADE PAPERBACK, LIGHTLY RUBBED COVERS, TIGHT AND CLEAN UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS [GILMORE, RICHARD A.]
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Doing Philosophy at the Movies finds the roots of profound philosophical ideas in the relatively ordinary context of popular, mostly Hollywood, movies. Richard A. Gilmore suggests that narratives of popular films like Hitchcock's Vertigo, John Ford's The Searchers, Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors, the Coen Brothers' Fargo, and Danny Boyle's Trainspotting mirror certain epiphanies in the works of great philosophers. Via Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, and Z iz ek, Gilmore addresses such themes as the nature of philosophy, the possibility of redemption through love, catharsis, the sublime, and the human problem of death. Gilmore argues that seeing these movies through the lens of certain philosophical ideas can show how deeply relevant both philosophy and the movies can be.
Title: DOING PHILOSOPHY AT THE MOVIES
ISBN Number: 0791463923
ISBN-13: 9780791463925
Location Published: UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS
Binding: Trade Paperback
Book Condition: GOOD / VERY GOOD
Categories: Entertainment: Movies,TV, Music, Opera & Dance (see Theatre)
Seller ID: 260766
Keywords: 2005 trade paperback, lightly rubbed covers