02469nam 2200553 a 450 991046209260332120200520144314.01-84779-803-91-84779-282-0(CKB)2670000000276702(EBL)1069586(OCoLC)818847316(SSID)ssj0000754951(PQKBManifestationID)12294406(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000754951(PQKBWorkID)10726346(PQKB)10501942(MiAaPQ)EBC1069586(Au-PeEL)EBL1069586(CaPaEBR)ebr10623389(CaONFJC)MIL843583(EXLCZ)99267000000027670220091112d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAdapting philosophy[electronic resource] Jean Baudrillard and The matrix trilogy /Catherine ConstableManchester, U.K. ;New York Manchester University Press Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan20091 online resource (188 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7190-7532-7 0-7190-7531-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-174) and index.Introduction -- Good example, bad philosophy -- Adapting philosophy/philosophy as adaptation -- Mirrors and screens -- Codes -- Beyond nihilism.Adapting Philosophy looks at the ways in which The Matrix Trilogy adapts Jean Baudrillard's Simulacra and Simulation, and in doing so creates its own distinctive philosophical position. Where previous work in the field has presented the trilogy as a simple 'beginner's guide' to philosophy, this study offers a new methodology for inter-relating philosophy and film texts, focusing on the conceptual role played by imagery in both types of text. This focus on the figurative enables a new-found appreciation of the liveliness of philosophical writing and the multiple philosophical dimensions of HollPhilosophy in motion picturesElectronic books.Philosophy in motion pictures.791.4375Constable Catherine506498MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462092603321Adapting philosophy1908566UNINA