Finding Ourselves at the Movies : : Philosophy for a New Generation /

Finding Ourselves at the Movies : : Philosophy for a New Generation / / Paul Kahn.

Academic philosophy may have lost its audience, but the traditional subjects of philosophy-love, death, justice, knowledge, and faith-remain as compelling as ever. To reach a new generation, Paul W. Kahn argues that philosophy must take up these fundamental concerns as we find them in contemporary c...

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Kahn, Paul,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2013]
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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I. From Philosophy to Film
  • Introduction
  • 1. Philosophy, Democracy, and the Turn to Film
  • 2. Freedom and Persuasion
  • 3. On Interpretation
  • Part II. film and the social imaginary
  • Introduction
  • 4. Violence and the State
  • 5. Love, Romance, and Pornography
  • Conclusion: Film, Faith, and Love
  • Notes
  • Bibliography: Essays on Sources
  • Index

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