Iconoclasm in European Cinema: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Image Destruction
Exploring anti-mimesis and image destruction in Western European films, Iconoclasm in European Cinema offers a comprehensive study of philosophical iconoclasm in cinema. Drawing on continental philosophy of the image, medieval theology and recent developments in film ethics, it investigates the aest...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press
2023
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009767240106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Prologue: The Eikōn-Eidōlon Dichotomy from Plato to Film
- Part I: Cinematic Iconoclasm as Critique: The Image as Eidōlon
- 1. Aural Cinema: Isidore Isou's Traité de bave et d'éternité
- 2. An Aesthetics of Displeasure: Guy Debord's Destructive Oeuvre
- 3. Towards a Radical Voice: Carmelo Bene's Our Lady of the Turks
- 4. In Search of a True Image: Jean-Luc Godard's Histoire(s) du cinéma
- Part II: Cinematic Iconoclasm as an Ethics of (In)visibility: The Eikōn as Iconoclastic
- 5. Impossible Encounters: Marguerite Duras's Le Navire Night
- 6. Blind Vision, Aural Resonances: Derek Jarman's Blue
- 7. Crumbling Faces: Ingmar Bergman's Cries and Whispers
- 8. Blocks of Suffering: Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colours: Blue
- Conclusion: A Communal Vision through Broken Images
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Filmography
- Index
