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Alain Badiou - Cinema - 9780745655680 - V9780745655680
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Cinema

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Description for Cinema Paperback. * Alain Badiou is one of the most widely read and influentialphilosophers in France today. * This volume brings together Badiou s writings on cinemafrom the last fifty years. The topics range from the key filmmakersof modernity (Tati, Oliveira, Antonioni, Godard, etc. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
For Alain Badiou, films think, and it is the task of the philosopher to transcribe that thinking. What is the subject to which the film gives expressive form? This is the question that lies at the heart of Badiou’s account of cinema.

He contends that cinema is an art form that bears witness to the Other and renders human presence visible, thus testifying to the universal value of human existence and human freedom. Through the experience of viewing, the movement of thought that constitutes the film is passed on to the viewer, who thereby encounters an ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745655680
SKU
V9780745655680
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About Alain Badiou
Alain Badiou was Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris and is one of the leading philosophers in France today. His many books include Being and Event and The Century.

Reviews for Cinema
"Fascinating ... every word of Badiou's writing radiates with a pronounced sense of exuberance for cinema, and presents the convincing case that it is the liveliest of the seven arts." —Film International "Provides brilliant, in-depth analyses on the techniques, styles, and themes of several films." —Publishers Weekly "The chance to truly and fully understand the nature ... Read more

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