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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457334803321

Autore

Girgus Sam B. <1941->

Titolo

Levinas and the cinema of redemption [[electronic resource] ] : time, ethics, and the feminine / / Sam B. Girgus

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-87222-2

9786612872228

0-231-51949-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Collana

Film and culture

Disciplina

791.43/684

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Moral and ethical aspects

Motion pictures - Philosophy

Redemption in motion pictures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Time, Film, and the Ethical Vision of Emmanuel Levinas; Chapter 1: American Transcendence; Chapter 2: Frank Capra and James Stewart; Chapter 3: The Changing Face of American Redemption; Chapter 4: Sex, Art, and Oedipus; Chapter 5: Fellini and La Dolce Vita; Chapter 6: Antonioni and L'Avventura; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<div><P>In his philosophy of ethics and time, Emmanuel Levinas highlighted the tension that exists between the ""ontological adventure"" of immediate experience and the ""ethical adventure"" of redemptive relationships-associations in which absolute responsibility engenders a transcendence of being and self. <P>In an original commingling of philosophy and cinema study, Sam B. Girgus applies Levinas's ethics to a variety of international films. His efforts point to a transnational pattern he terms the ""cinema of redemption"" that portrays the struggle to connect to others in redeeming ways. Gi