Godard Between Identity and Difference by John E Drabinski
Argues that Godard's conception and practice of cinematic language opens fresh, important possibilities for thinking about radical alterity. This book reads a series of Godard films as interventions in contemporary debate about the language of difference.
"Drabinski (black studies, Amherst College) has set himself a stiff task in this book: to discuss Godard's films as philosophyThe films, he avers, are not about philosophy but rather are Godard's attempt to enter into a philosophical discourse about the other, the gaze, violence, and responsibility in the contemporary world. In this endeavor, Godard follows the thinking of Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida...Drabinski does an admirable job of elucidating the difficult intellectual positions and is convincing in his assertion that film (and film criticism) can be philosophy. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." -W. A. Vincent, CHOICE, February 2009
John E. Drabinski teaches at Hampshire College. He is the author of Sensibility and Singularity: The Problem of Phenomenology in Levinas.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780826428066 |
| ISBN 10 | 0826428061 |
| Title | Godard Between Identity and Difference |
| Author | John E Drabinski |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2008-08-15 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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