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The Cinema, or the Imaginary Man
Edgar Morin
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Paperback. Translator(s): Mortimer, Lorraine. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5ill. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 336.
When The Cinema, or The Imaginary Man first appeared in 1956, the movies and the moviegoing experience were generally not regarded as worthy of serious scholarly consideration. Yet, French critic and social theorist Edgar Morin perceived in the cinema a complex phenomenon capable of illuminating fundamental truths about thought, imagination, and human nature - which allowed him to connect the mythic universe of gods and spirits present within the most primitive societies to the hyperreality emanating from the images projected on the screen. Now making its English-language debut, this audacious, provocative work draws on insights from poets, filmmakers, anthropologists, and ... Read more
When The Cinema, or The Imaginary Man first appeared in 1956, the movies and the moviegoing experience were generally not regarded as worthy of serious scholarly consideration. Yet, French critic and social theorist Edgar Morin perceived in the cinema a complex phenomenon capable of illuminating fundamental truths about thought, imagination, and human nature - which allowed him to connect the mythic universe of gods and spirits present within the most primitive societies to the hyperreality emanating from the images projected on the screen. Now making its English-language debut, this audacious, provocative work draws on insights from poets, filmmakers, anthropologists, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816640386
SKU
V9780816640386
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About Edgar Morin
Lorraine Mortimer is senior lecturer of sociology and anthropology at La Trobe University, Australia.
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