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

• Autore: Girgus Sam B. <1941->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Columbia University Press, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (206 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43/684
• Soggetto topico: Motion pictures - Moral and ethical aspects; Motion pictures - Philosophy; Redemption in motion pictures
• Classificazione: 08.41; 24.31
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Levinas and the cinema of redemption
• ISBN: 1-282-87222-2; 9786612872228; 0-231-51949-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781015503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Film and culture.