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024 7 _a10.7312/kahn16438
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050 0 0 _aPN1995
_b.K255 2013
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aKahn, Paul
_eautore
245 1 0 _aFinding Ourselves at the Movies :
_bPhilosophy for a New Generation /
_cPaul Kahn.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bColumbia University Press,
_c[2013]
264 4 _c©2013
300 _a1 online resource (256 p.)
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tPart I. From Philosophy to Film --
_tIntroduction --
_t1. Philosophy, Democracy, and the Turn to Film --
_t2. Freedom and Persuasion --
_t3. On Interpretation --
_tPart II. film and the social imaginary --
_tIntroduction --
_t4. Violence and the State --
_t5. Love, Romance, and Pornography --
_tConclusion: Film, Faith, and Love --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography: Essays on Sources --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
_uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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520 _aAcademic philosophy may have lost its audience, but the traditional subjects of philosophy-love, death, justice, knowledge, and faith-remain as compelling as ever. To reach a new generation, Paul W. Kahn argues that philosophy must take up these fundamental concerns as we find them in contemporary culture. He demonstrates how this can be achieved through a turn to popular film.Discussing such well-known movies as Forrest Gump (1994), The American President (1995), The Matrix (1999), Memento (2000), The History of Violence (2005), Gran Torino (2008), The Dark Knight (2008), The Road (2009), and Avatar (2009), Kahn explores powerful archetypes and their hold on us. His inquiry proceeds in two parts. First, he uses film to explore the nature of action and interpretation, arguing that narrative is the critical concept for understanding both. Second, he explores the narratives of politics, family, and faith as they appear in popular films. Engaging with genres as diverse as romantic comedy, slasher film, and pornography, Kahn explores the social imaginary through which we create and maintain a meaningful world. He finds in popular films a new setting for a philosophical inquiry into the timeless themes of sacrifice, innocence, rebirth, law, and love.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 0 _aMotion pictures - Philosophy.
650 0 _aMotion pictures
_xPhilosophy.
650 7 _aPHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7312/kahn16438
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