The Philosophy of Film by Thomas E Wartenberg

The Philosophy of Film by Thomas E Wartenberg

Organized around a series of philosophic questions about film, this title offers an accessible overview of the discipline. It provides a selection of readings drawn from philosophy, film studies, and film criticism. It has multiple points of view highlighted in discussion of film theory, narration, film and emotion, and social values of cinema.

“Congratulations to Wartenberg and Curran for their terrific anthologyUniting key works in film theory, criticism, and philosophy, this much-needed text has excellent sections on core topics.” Deborah Knight, Queen’s University at Kingston

“The Philosophy of Film presents a judicious selection of influential writings on the philosophy of film from across the spectrum of current opinion, though weighted toward the increasingly dominant cognitivist paradigm of film experience. The introductory and pedagogic material provided by the editors is uniformly helpful.”
Jerrold Levinson, University of Maryland, and Past President, American Society for Aesthetics

“Bringing together important writings by prominent philosophers and film theorists, this volume of readings with useful editorial commentary will prove a valuable resource for students of the philosophy of film.” Berys Gaut, University of St Andrews

Thomas E. Wartenberg is Professor of Philosophy at Mount Holyoke College, researching the intersection between philosophy and culture. A former Fulbright Research Fellow and a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, he is the author of Unlikely Couples: Movie Romance as Social Criticism (1999). His other publications include The Nature of Art (ed., 2002) and Philosophy and Film (co-ed., 1995).

Angela Curran teaches philosophy at Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania. Her primary areas of research are ancient Greek philosophy, aesthetics, and philosophy of film. Her work in philosophy of film includes an essay on tragedy and film horror for Dark Thoughts: Philosophical Reflections on Cinematic Horror (2003).

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ISBN 13	9781405114424
ISBN 10	1405114428
Title	The Philosophy of Film
Author	Thomas E Wartenberg
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published	2004-12-15
Number of pages	320
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