Andrew Light

Reel Arguments

Film, Philosophy, And Social Criticism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book collects an integrated series of essays addressing the role of film as social criticism. It investigates either a filmmaker or a group of films that make a substantial contribution to debates in the philosophy of technology and environmental philosophy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780367317638
• ISBN-10: 036731763X
• Artikelnr.: 57781816

Autorenporträt

Andrew Light is Co-Director of the Applied Philosophy Group in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences in the Professions at New York University, and Co-Editor of the journal Philosophy and Geography. He has edited or co-edited thirteen anthologies, including Moral and Political Reasoning in Environmental Practice, Technology and the Good Life?, and The Aesthetics of Everyday Life.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Film as Social Philosophy
Film, Technology, and Built Space
Enemies of the State? Electronic Surveillance and the Neutrality of Technology
Wim Wenders's Everyday Aesthetics
Boyz in the Woods: Los Angeles as Urban Wilderness
Film, Group Interests, and Political Identity
John Sayles on Class Interest
Spike Lee, Chico Mendes, and the Representation of Political Identity