Soul of Film Theory

"In contemporary film theory, body and mind have been central to explorations of film form, representation, and spectatorship. While the soul may seem to have no place here, the history of film theory and its legacy to the present suggest otherwise. Fromthe origins of film theory - from Hugo Mèunsterberg through French Impressionism to writings of the Weimar Republic - to the mid-twentieth century work of Henri Agel and Amâedâee Ayfre and Henri Agel, as well as Edgar Morin, the soul emerges as a multi-faceted, if contested, concept. By revisiting such key moments in the history of film theory, and tracing the survival of this concept through to a range of cutting-edge debates today, from the work of Vivian Sobchack to Jean-Luc Nancy, Gilles Deleuze to Torben Grodal, The Soul of Film Theory tells the heretofore tacit tale of the relation between cinema and the soul, from classical to contemporary times, in dialogue with philosophy, religion, and science"--

List of contents

Introduction: The Soul of Film Theory 1. Classical Souls 2. Signifying Souls 3. Body and Soul Concluding Remarks

Report

"This is an exceptional, brilliant, and very wide-reaching volume. It makes bold and beautiful claims about the soul in theory and in film. Through Sarah Cooper's reflective attention to cinema from its inception forwards, and her fine engagement with film philosophy, a different history emerges." - Emma Wilson, University of Cambridge, UK

Product details

• Authors: S Cooper, S. Cooper, Sarah Cooper
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.06.2013
• EAN: 9780230365131
• ISBN: 978-0-230-36513-1
• No. of pages: 219
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Genre, B, Cultural History, Cultural Studies, Aesthetics, Performing Arts, Society & culture: general, Film History, Media and Communication, Philosophy: aesthetics, Culture—Study and teaching, Cultural and Media Studies, general, Civilization—History, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Film and Television Studies, Film and TV History, Screen Studies, Motion pictures—History, Motion pictures and television, Film history, theory & criticism, Film genres, Film: styles & genres, body;film;film theory