{"product_id":"a-film-philosophy-of-ecology-and-enlightenment-paperback","title":"A Film-Philosophy of Ecology and Enlightenment - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRupert Read\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired by the philosophy of Wittgenstein and his idea that the purpose of real philosophical thinking is not to discover something new, but to show in a strikingly different light what is already there, this book provides philosophical readings of a number of 'arthouse' and Hollywood films. Each chapter contains a discussion of two films--one explored in greater detail and the other analyzed as a minor key which reveals the possibility for the book's ideas to be applied across different films, registers, and genres. The readings are not only interpretive, but they offer a way of thinking and feeling \u003ci\u003eabout\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ewith\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ethrough\u003c\/i\u003e films which is genuinely transformative. Rupert Read's main contention is that certain films can bring about a change in how we see the world. He advocates an ecological approach to film-philosophy analysis, arguing that film can re-shape the viewer's relationship to the environment and other living beings. The transformative 'wake-up call' of these films is enlightenment in its true sense. The result is a book that ambitiously aims to change, though film, how we think of ourselves and our place in the world, at a time when such change is more needed than ever before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRupert Read is Reader in Philosophy at the University of East Anglia, UK. He is a renowned Wittgensteinian scholar, with research interests in political and environmental philosophy. His published monographs to date are \u003ci\u003eKuhn\u003c\/i\u003e (co-authored, 2002), \u003ci\u003eApplying Wittgenstein \u003c\/i\u003e(2007), \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy for Life\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), \u003ci\u003eThere is No Such Thing as a Social Science\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), \u003ci\u003eWittgenstein Among the Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), and \u003ci\u003eA Wittgensteinian Way with Paradoxes\u003c\/i\u003e (2012). His editorial experience includes \u003ci\u003eThe New Hume Debate\u003c\/i\u003e (co-edited, 2000), \u003ci\u003eFilm as Philosophy: Essays on Cinema after Wittgenstein and Cavell\u003c\/i\u003e (2005), and the work for which he is perhaps still best known, \u003ci\u003eThe New Wittgenstein\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2000), which offers a major re-evaluation of Wittgenstein's thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 30, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457808810237,"sku":"9780367664916","price":110.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/d0ZKbE1mWnUzZHlDQVk5LzI3TG85Zz09.webp?v=1777248350","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/a-film-philosophy-of-ecology-and-enlightenment-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}