Plato and the moving image /
Plato and the moving image /
edited by Shai Biderman, Michael Weinman.
- 1 online resource.
- Value inquiry book series ; 332 Philosophy of film Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390898 .
- Value Inquiry Book Series 332. Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390898. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction / From Plato to the Moving Image: Reorienting Film-Philosophy -- Accounting for Images in the Sophist / Pseudos, Kalos and Eikōs Mythos in Plato and Film / Dead Ringers: Plato and Turning the Camera Back / The Cinematic Image as Platonic Simulacrum / The Myth of Er as Rationalizing Recording Device / From the Moving Image to Plato: Reorienting Plato Studies -- Learning to Notice: Light and Shadow, from Chauvet Cave to Plato’s Cave and Beyond / Phaedo: a Ghost Story / Fascism Re-performed: Benjaminian Mimesis, Platonic Methexis and Bertolucci’s The Conformist / Entranced by the Spectacle of Truth: Wonder and Ascent in Plato and Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups and To the Wonder / Plato, Pleonexia and Environmental Documentaries / Truth, Reality and Fiction in the Documentary of Errol Morris: Refiguring ‘Platonism’ in Epistemology and Aesthetics / Back Matter -- Index. Shai Biderman and Michael Weinman -- Abraham Jacob Greenstine -- Danielle A. Layne and Erik W. Schmidt -- Timothy Secret -- Jorge Tomas Garcia -- Michael Weinman -- Paul A. Kottman -- David N. McNeill -- Adrian Switzer -- David H. Calhoun -- Michael Forest -- Shai Biderman --
This book shows how and why debates in the philosophy of film can be advanced through the study of the role of images in Plato’s dialogues, and, conversely, why Plato studies stands to benefit from a consideration of recent debates in the philosophy of film. Contributions range from a reading of Phaedo as a ghost story to thinking about climate change documentaries through Plato’s account of pleonexia . They suggest how philosophical aesthetics can be reoriented by attending anew to Plato’s deployment of images, particularly images that move. They also show how Plato’s deployment of images is integral to his practice as a literary artist. Contributors are Shai Biderman, David Calhoun, Michael Forest, Jorge Tomas Garcia, Abraham Jacob Greenstine, Paul A. Kottman, Danielle A. Layne, David McNeill, Erik W. Schmidt, Timothy Secret, Adrian Switzer, and Michael Weinman.
9789004398290
10.1163/9789004398290 DOI
2019011738
Plato--Influence.
Motion pictures--Philosophy.
PN1995 / .P515 2019
791.4301
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction / From Plato to the Moving Image: Reorienting Film-Philosophy -- Accounting for Images in the Sophist / Pseudos, Kalos and Eikōs Mythos in Plato and Film / Dead Ringers: Plato and Turning the Camera Back / The Cinematic Image as Platonic Simulacrum / The Myth of Er as Rationalizing Recording Device / From the Moving Image to Plato: Reorienting Plato Studies -- Learning to Notice: Light and Shadow, from Chauvet Cave to Plato’s Cave and Beyond / Phaedo: a Ghost Story / Fascism Re-performed: Benjaminian Mimesis, Platonic Methexis and Bertolucci’s The Conformist / Entranced by the Spectacle of Truth: Wonder and Ascent in Plato and Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups and To the Wonder / Plato, Pleonexia and Environmental Documentaries / Truth, Reality and Fiction in the Documentary of Errol Morris: Refiguring ‘Platonism’ in Epistemology and Aesthetics / Back Matter -- Index. Shai Biderman and Michael Weinman -- Abraham Jacob Greenstine -- Danielle A. Layne and Erik W. Schmidt -- Timothy Secret -- Jorge Tomas Garcia -- Michael Weinman -- Paul A. Kottman -- David N. McNeill -- Adrian Switzer -- David H. Calhoun -- Michael Forest -- Shai Biderman --
This book shows how and why debates in the philosophy of film can be advanced through the study of the role of images in Plato’s dialogues, and, conversely, why Plato studies stands to benefit from a consideration of recent debates in the philosophy of film. Contributions range from a reading of Phaedo as a ghost story to thinking about climate change documentaries through Plato’s account of pleonexia . They suggest how philosophical aesthetics can be reoriented by attending anew to Plato’s deployment of images, particularly images that move. They also show how Plato’s deployment of images is integral to his practice as a literary artist. Contributors are Shai Biderman, David Calhoun, Michael Forest, Jorge Tomas Garcia, Abraham Jacob Greenstine, Paul A. Kottman, Danielle A. Layne, David McNeill, Erik W. Schmidt, Timothy Secret, Adrian Switzer, and Michael Weinman.
9789004398290
10.1163/9789004398290 DOI
2019011738
Plato--Influence.
Motion pictures--Philosophy.
PN1995 / .P515 2019
791.4301