Costica Bradatan, Texas Tech University, USA
Shyam Benegal
Douglas Sirk
Samir Chopra, City University of New York, USA
Robert B. Pippin, University of Chicago, USA
Filmmaker and Philosopher For over forty years, Shyam Benegal has been one the leading forces in Indian cinema. Informed by a rich political and philosophical sensibility and a mastery of the craft of filmmaking, Benegal is both of, and not of, Bollywood. Focusing on its philosophical depth, Samir Chopra identifies three key aspects of Benegal's oueuvre: a trio of films which signalled to middle-class India that a revolt was brewing in India’s hinterlands; two sets of movies which make powerful feminist statements and showcase strong female characters; and Benegal’s interpretation, 'translation', and reimagining of literary works of diverse provenances and artistic impulses. UK January 2021 • US January 2021 • 208 pages PB 9781350063556 • £21.99 / $29.95 • HB 9781350063549 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781350063563 • £19.79 / $24.63 ePdf 9781350063532 • £19.79 / $24.63 Series: Philosophical Filmmakers • Bloomsbury Academic
Philosophical Reflections on Black Mirror
Edited by Kingsley Marshall and James Rocha Black Mirror is a cultural phenomenon. It is a creative and sometimes shocking examination of modern society and the improbable consequences of technological progress. The episodes - typically set in an alternative present, or the near future usually have a dark and satirical twist that provokes intense question both of the self and society at large. These kind of philosophical provocations are at the very heart of the show. Philosophical reflections on Black Mirror draws upon thinkers such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Pierre Hadot and Michel Foucault to uncover how Black Mirror acts as ‘philosophical television’ questioning human morality and humanity’s vulnerability when faced with the inexorable advance of technology. UK June 2021 • US June 2021 • 224 pages HB 9781350162143 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350162198 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9781350162167 • £76.50 / $94.85 Bloomsbury Academic
A New Philosophy of Discourse Language Unbound
Joshua Kates, Indiana University, USA Calling into question all structural rules and principles relating to language, Joshua Kates presents a radical new path for interpreting this every day, taken-for-granted tool of communication. Traversing theory, literary criticism, philosophy, and the philosophy of language, the book speaks to contemporary debates on analytical and humanistic modes of inquiry. Language and texts are thought of as active ‘events’, replete with allusions to history, context and tradition that are always in the making. This emphasis makes the case for a rigorous inquiry of text and talk in all their forms, bridging the continental and analytical divide in the process. UK November 2020 • US November 2020 • 288 pages HB 9781350163621 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350163645 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9781350163638 • £76.50 / $94.85 Bloomsbury Academic
Filmmaker and Philosopher Robert Pippin argues that far from being marginal pieces of sentimentality, Douglas Sirk's films were rich with irony, insight and depth. In this engaging and original exploration of Sirk's oeuvre, he shows how Sirk's films, often celebrated as classics of the genre, are attempts to subvert rather than conform to rules of conventional melodrama. In so doing, Pippin reveals a filmmaker who was a 'disruptive not restorative' auteur and one who broke the rules in the most interesting and subtle of ways. UK April 2021 • US April 2021 • 176 pages • 30 colour illus PB 9781350195677 • £19.99 / $26.95 • HB 9781350195660 • £65.00 / $90.00 ePub 9781350195691 • £17.99 / $22.16 ePdf 9781350195684 • £17.99 / $22.16 Series: Philosophical Filmmakers • Bloomsbury Academic
Philosophy, Literature and Understanding
P H I L O S O P H Y- Aesthetics / Media / Language
Philosophical Filmmakers
On Reading and Cognition
Jukka Mikkonen, University of Helsinki, Finland Challenging existing methodological conceptions of the analytic approach to aesthetics, Jukka Mikkonen offers a new theory on the cognitive value of reading fiction and defends the epistemic significance of narratives. Demonstrating the effects that literary works have on their readers, he examines academic critical analysis, responses of the reading public and nonfictional writings that include autobiographical testimony to their writer’s influences and attitudes to life. In doing so, this book provides empirical evidence of the cognitive benefits of literature and of how readers demonstrate the growth of their understanding. UK April 2021 • US April 2021 • 224 pages HB 9781350163966 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350163980 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9781350163973 • £76.50 / $94.85 Bloomsbury Academic
The Linguistic Condition
Kant's Critique of Judgment and the Poetics of Action Claudia Brodsky, Princeton University, USA “This is a nigh-monumental, clearly arranged and clearly argued book on the most basic terminological elements of Kant’s Critique of Judgment—which turn out (not surprisingly) to be key to the whole critical enterprise. Brodsky weaves her treatments of those Kantian elements with analyses of their repercussions on the philosophical and literary legacy of a range of thinkers.” Karen Feldman, University of California, Berkeley, USA UK March 2021 • US March 2021 • 272 pages HB 9781350144378 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9781350144392 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9781350144385 • £76.50 / $94.85 Bloomsbury Academic
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