Chantal Akerman - Filmmaker and Philosopher

Belgian auteur Chantal Akerman''s ouevre is profoundly philosophical, exploring everything from home and homelessness, work and social reproduction, self and identity, to desire in its many forms. In particular, Akerman turns her camera on contexts that had been previously neglected, such as transitional spaces like hotel lobbies and street corners as well as the domestic sphere, revealing their significance in structuring experience.Andreja Novakovic looks at the role of rituals, gestures and habits in Akerman''s (auto)fictional worlds drawing on writers from Hegel to Butler, Beauvoir and Federici. is a fascinating philosophical reinterpretation of one of the most important directors of European experimental and independent cinema.>

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgements

1. Introduction
2. Home
3. Work
4. Love
5. Desire

Bibliography
Index

About the author

Andreja Novakovic is Associate Professor of Philosophy at University of California, Berkeley, USA and affiliated with the Program in Critical Theory. She is the author of Hegel on Second Nature in Ethical Life (2017).

Summary

The first philosophical exploration of the work of the French auteur, Chantal Akerman.

Product details

• Authors: Andreja Novakovic
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.07.2025
• EAN: 9781350361416
• ISBN: 978-1-350-36141-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 214 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Philosophical Filmmakers
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; French, Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, social and political philosophy, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Gender studies: women, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers