{"product_id":"european-film-theory-9780415960434","title":"European Film Theory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEuropean Film Theory\u003c\/em\u003e explores the Europeanness' of European film theory, its philosophical origins, the culture wars' between Continental' and Analytical' film theory and philosophy, the major discursive and epistemological shifts in the history of Continental film theory, the relationship between Continental philosophy of art and philosophy of history and European film theory. Writing from a range of disciplines and perspectives, the contributors to this new volume in the AFI FILM READERS series offer fresh interpretations of European film theorists and illuminate the political potential of European film theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The essays in \u003cem\u003eEuropean Film Theory \u003c\/em\u003eprovide a long overdue critical remapping of what has been called 'theory' in contemporary film studies. No philosophical stone goes unturned in this remarkable volume, and many are then sculpted into provocative and original arguments.' - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eD.N. Rodowick, Harvard University, USA\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A key resource for film theory... A richly detailed volume in every respect, the text is distinguished by its scope, the sweep of its rhetoric, and the numerous films it examines... Highly recommended.' \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e- CHOICE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: That Perpetually Obscure Object of Theory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart One: European Film Theory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. European Film Theory: From Crypto-Nationalism to Trans-Nationalism, \u003cem\u003ePaul Coates\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. The Aesthetics of Race in European Film Theory, \u003cem\u003eTobias Nagl\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. The Disunity of Film Theory and the Disunity of Aesthetics, \u003cem\u003eCasey Haskins\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Real Location, Fantasy Space, Performative Place: Double Occupancy and Mutual Interference in European Cinema, \u003cem\u003eThomas Elsaesser\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Two: Film and Philosophy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Film as Philosophy: A Mission Impossible?, \u003cem\u003eJohn Mullarkey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Platonic Reconstruction and Residual Kantianism in Film Theory, \u003cem\u003eColin Burnett\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Epstein, Bergson, and Vision, \u003cem\u003eMalcolm Turvey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Heidegger and Cinema, \u003cem\u003eBrian Price\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Listening and Touching, Looking and Thinking: The Dialogue in Philosophy and Film between Jean-Luc Nancy and Claire Denis, \u003cem\u003eDouglas Morrey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Three: Politics, History, Ideology and Film Theory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Fabulation and Contradiction: Jacques Ranciere on Cinema, \u003cem\u003eTom Conley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. The Gaze of Biocinema\u003cem\u003e, A. Kiarina Kordela\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. From Cinema to History: Kracauer's Shifting Philosophical Historiography, \u003cem\u003eScott MacKenzie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Disposition: From Film Theory to Human Action,\u003cem\u003e Astrid Oesmann\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Four: Aesthetics and Film Theory\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. Between the Ornament and the Corpse: Adolf Loos and Classical Film Theory, \u003cem\u003eRosalind Galt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. Baroque Dialectics or Dialectical Baroque: Sergei Eisenstein in\/on Mexico, \u003cem\u003eMasha Salazkina\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. A Screen for Projection: Ricciotto Canudo's Exponential Aesthetics and the Parisian Avant-Gardes, \u003cem\u003eAra H. Merjian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. Synaesthesia in Film Theory, \u003cem\u003eSabine Doran\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Five: Realism Revisited\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18. Innocence and Ontology: The Truthfulness of Andre Bazin, \u003cem\u003eLisabeth During\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19. From Distraction to Indeterminancy to Distraction: Kracauer and Contemporary Film Realist Discourse, \u003cem\u003eTemenuga Trifonova\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20. National Identity and Realism in Postwar Itlaian Film and Film Theory, \u003cem\u003eOra Gelley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21. Neorealism at a Distance, \u003cem\u003eKarl Schoonover\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix: Teaching Aid\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContributors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndex\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402161135959,"sku":"9780415960434","price":170.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/european-film-theory-9780415960434","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}