The Resource Steven Spielberg and philosophy : we're gonna need a bigger book, edited by Dean A. Kowalski
Steven Spielberg and philosophy : we're gonna need a bigger book, edited by Dean A. Kowalski
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- Summary
- "Dean A. Kowalski's Steven Spielberg and Philosophy is like a conversation after a night at the movie theater, offering new insights and unexpected observations about the director's most admired films. Some of the nation's most respected philosophers investigate Spielberg's art, asking fundamental questions about the nature of humanity; cinema, and Spielberg's expression of his chosen themes." "Impressive in scope, this book illustrates the philosophical tenets of a wide variety of thinkers from Plato to Aquinas, Locke, and Levinas. Contributors introduce readers to philosophy while simultaneously providing deeper insight into Spielberg's approach to filmmaking. The essays consider Spielberg's movies using key philosophical cornerstones: metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, axiology, aesthetics, and political philosophy, among others. At the same time, Steven Spielberg and Philosophy is accessible to those new to philosophy, using the philosophical platform to ponder larger issues embedded in film and asking fundamental questions about the nature of cinema and how meanings are negotiated."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- vii, 274 pages
- Contents
-
- pt. 1. Philosophy, the filmmaker, and the human condition.
- The "big-little" film and philosophy: two takes on Spielbergian innocence / Gary Arms and Thomas Riley
- The recovery of childhood and the search for the absent father / Michel Le Gall and Charles Taliaferro
- Levinasian ethics of alterity: the face of the other in Spielberg's cinematic language / John W. Wright
- The paradox of fictional belief and its moral implications in Jaws / Christopher R. Trogan and Dean A. Kowalski
- A.I.: Artificial Intelligence and the tragic sense of life / Timothy Dunn
- pt. 2. Values, virtue, and justice.
- What is wrong with cloning a dinosaur? Jurassic Park and nature as a source of moral authority / James H. Spence
- Is Oskar Schindler a good man? / Roger P. Ebertz
- A Spielbergian ethics of the family in Saving Private Ryan and The Color Purple / Robert R. Clewis
- Human rights, human nature, and Amistad / David Baggett and Mark W. Foreman
- Terrorism, counterterrorism, and "The story of what happens next" in Munich / Joseph J. Foy
- pt. 3. Realism, mind and metaphysics.
- Spielberg and cinematic realism / Keith Dromm
- A.I.: Artificial Intelligence: artistic indulgence or advanced inquiry? / V. Alan White
- Minority Report, Molinism, and the viability of Precrime / Dean A. Kowalski
- Appendix: Discussing five Spielberg films
- Isbn
- 9780813125275
- Label
- Steven Spielberg and philosophy : we're gonna need a bigger book
- Title
- Steven Spielberg and philosophy
- Title remainder
- we're gonna need a bigger book
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Dean A. Kowalski
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Dean A. Kowalski's Steven Spielberg and Philosophy is like a conversation after a night at the movie theater, offering new insights and unexpected observations about the director's most admired films. Some of the nation's most respected philosophers investigate Spielberg's art, asking fundamental questions about the nature of humanity; cinema, and Spielberg's expression of his chosen themes." "Impressive in scope, this book illustrates the philosophical tenets of a wide variety of thinkers from Plato to Aquinas, Locke, and Levinas. Contributors introduce readers to philosophy while simultaneously providing deeper insight into Spielberg's approach to filmmaking. The essays consider Spielberg's movies using key philosophical cornerstones: metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, axiology, aesthetics, and political philosophy, among others. At the same time, Steven Spielberg and Philosophy is accessible to those new to philosophy, using the philosophical platform to ponder larger issues embedded in film and asking fundamental questions about the nature of cinema and how meanings are negotiated."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 791.4302/33092
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PN1998.3.S65
- LC item number
- S84 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Kowalski, Dean A
- Series statement
- Philosophy of popular culture
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Spielberg, Steven
- Motion pictures
- Philosophie
- Film
- Moral
- Ethik
- Philosophie
- Film
- Label
- Steven Spielberg and philosophy : we're gonna need a bigger book, edited by Dean A. Kowalski
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- pt. 1. Philosophy, the filmmaker, and the human condition. -- The "big-little" film and philosophy: two takes on Spielbergian innocence / Gary Arms and Thomas Riley -- The recovery of childhood and the search for the absent father / Michel Le Gall and Charles Taliaferro -- Levinasian ethics of alterity: the face of the other in Spielberg's cinematic language / John W. Wright -- The paradox of fictional belief and its moral implications in Jaws / Christopher R. Trogan and Dean A. Kowalski -- A.I.: Artificial Intelligence and the tragic sense of life / Timothy Dunn -- pt. 2. Values, virtue, and justice. -- What is wrong with cloning a dinosaur? Jurassic Park and nature as a source of moral authority / James H. Spence -- Is Oskar Schindler a good man? / Roger P. Ebertz -- A Spielbergian ethics of the family in Saving Private Ryan and The Color Purple / Robert R. Clewis -- Human rights, human nature, and Amistad / David Baggett and Mark W. Foreman -- Terrorism, counterterrorism, and "The story of what happens next" in Munich / Joseph J. Foy -- pt. 3. Realism, mind and metaphysics. -- Spielberg and cinematic realism / Keith Dromm -- A.I.: Artificial Intelligence: artistic indulgence or advanced inquiry? / V. Alan White -- Minority Report, Molinism, and the viability of Precrime / Dean A. Kowalski -- Appendix: Discussing five Spielberg films
- Control code
- 212844704
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- vii, 274 pages
- Isbn
- 9780813125275
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2008026318
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)212844704
- Label
- Steven Spielberg and philosophy : we're gonna need a bigger book, edited by Dean A. Kowalski
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- pt. 1. Philosophy, the filmmaker, and the human condition. -- The "big-little" film and philosophy: two takes on Spielbergian innocence / Gary Arms and Thomas Riley -- The recovery of childhood and the search for the absent father / Michel Le Gall and Charles Taliaferro -- Levinasian ethics of alterity: the face of the other in Spielberg's cinematic language / John W. Wright -- The paradox of fictional belief and its moral implications in Jaws / Christopher R. Trogan and Dean A. Kowalski -- A.I.: Artificial Intelligence and the tragic sense of life / Timothy Dunn -- pt. 2. Values, virtue, and justice. -- What is wrong with cloning a dinosaur? Jurassic Park and nature as a source of moral authority / James H. Spence -- Is Oskar Schindler a good man? / Roger P. Ebertz -- A Spielbergian ethics of the family in Saving Private Ryan and The Color Purple / Robert R. Clewis -- Human rights, human nature, and Amistad / David Baggett and Mark W. Foreman -- Terrorism, counterterrorism, and "The story of what happens next" in Munich / Joseph J. Foy -- pt. 3. Realism, mind and metaphysics. -- Spielberg and cinematic realism / Keith Dromm -- A.I.: Artificial Intelligence: artistic indulgence or advanced inquiry? / V. Alan White -- Minority Report, Molinism, and the viability of Precrime / Dean A. Kowalski -- Appendix: Discussing five Spielberg films
- Control code
- 212844704
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- vii, 274 pages
- Isbn
- 9780813125275
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2008026318
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)212844704
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