Film-Philosophy of Ecology and Enlightenment

Name: Film-Philosophy of Ecology and Enlightenment
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Inspired by the philosophy of Wittgenstein and his idea that the purpose of real philosophical thinking is not to discover something new, but to show in a strikingly different light what is already there, this book provides philosophical readings of a number of \u2018arthouse\u2019 and Hollywood films. Each chapter contains a discussion of two films\u2014one explored in greater detail and the other analyzed as a minor key which reveals the possibility for the book's ideas to be applied across different films, registers, and genres. The readings are not only interpretive, but they offer a way of thinking and feeling about, with, and through films which is genuinely transformative. Rupert Read\u2019s main contention is that certain films can bring about a change in how we see the world. He advocates an ecological approach to film-philosophy analysis, arguing that film can re-shape the viewer\u2019s relationship to the environment and other living beings. The transformative 'wake-up cal.