Film as Philosophy

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Assembling leading scholars from across the globe, Film as Philosophy presents research that leads film studies and philosophy into a productive dialogue. A major step toward establishing a media philosophy that puts the status, role, and function of film into a new perspective, this book removes representational techniques from the center of inquiry, replacing these with the medium's ability to "think."

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"The essays in this superb collection show how contradictory and even imaginary the field is. Highly recommended."CHOICE

"Film As Philosophy offers the reader a productive set of ideas for navigating todays post-everything landscape."Leonardo

"This is a dense but very instructive volume for both novice and knowledgeable readers interested in the relation of film and philosophy. These essays offer a comprehensive range of theoretical accounts and genealogies that explore the film-philosophy encounter as one that elicits fruitful and open possibilities of thought." European Journal of American Studies

"The essays in this superb collection show how contradictory and even imaginary the field is. Highly recommended."CHOICE

"Film as Philosophy offers the reader a productive set of ideas for navigating todays post-everything landscape."Leonardo

"Film as Philosophy is a big book, in more ways than one, and a strong contribution to the debate about whether film can actually do the work of philosophy."Film International

"This is a dense but very instructive volume for both novice and knowledgeable readers interested in the relation of film and philosophy. These essays offer a comprehensive range of theoretical accounts and genealogies that explore the film-philosophy encounter as one that elicits fruitful and open possibilities of thought."European Journal of American Studies

"Film as Philosophy represents a remarkable achievement, providing a unique overview of its subject that at once serves as an illuminating introduction for those unfamiliar with the field, and advances our understanding of film as a cognitive rather than a purely representational phenomenonof film as philosophy."Film-Philosophy

Author Bio

Bernd Herzogenrath is professor of American literature and culture at Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He is the author of An Art of Desire: Reading Paul Auster and An American Body|Politic: A Deleuzian Approach.