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Searching for Wisdom In Movies: From the Book of Job to Sublime Conversations
Richard Gilmore
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
In this volume, Richard Gilmore explores film as a channel through which to engage in philosophical reflection and analyzes the relationship between philosophy and film. This book argues that philosophy and film can and should be used for the amelioration of life’s difficulties and the promotion of life’s boons. Gilmore identifies how philosophy and film complement and enrich one another and explores their relationship by connecting classic wisdom texts to significant movies. For example, the volume analyzes the Coen brothers’ films The Big Lebowski and A Serious Man in light of The Book of Job. Gilmore considers the ancient idea ... Read more
In this volume, Richard Gilmore explores film as a channel through which to engage in philosophical reflection and analyzes the relationship between philosophy and film. This book argues that philosophy and film can and should be used for the amelioration of life’s difficulties and the promotion of life’s boons. Gilmore identifies how philosophy and film complement and enrich one another and explores their relationship by connecting classic wisdom texts to significant movies. For example, the volume analyzes the Coen brothers’ films The Big Lebowski and A Serious Man in light of The Book of Job. Gilmore considers the ancient idea ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
219
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319398945
SKU
V9783319398945
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About Richard Gilmore
Richard Gilmore is Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Concordia College, USA. He is the author of Philosophical Health: Wittgenstein’s Method in Philosophical Investigations, Doing Philosophy at the Movies, and Postmodern Movies: Neo-Comic Tragedies, Neo-Noirs, Neo-Westerns.
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