Category - Philosophy
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The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real
PaperbackOriginal price $29.95Original price $29.95 - Original price $29.95Original price $29.95Current price $25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /The Matrix conveys the horror of a false world made of nothing but perceptions. Based on the premise that reality is a dream controlled by malevo...
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Avatar and Philosophy: Learning to See
PaperbackOriginal price $18.95 - Original price $18.95Original price $18.95$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /James Cameron's critically acclaimed movie Avatar was nominated for nine Academy Awards and received countless accolades for its breath-taking vi...
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The Queer Art of Failure
PaperbackOriginal price $26.95Original price $26.95 - Original price $26.95Original price $26.95Current price $24.99$24.99 - $24.99Current price $24.99| /The Queer Art of Failure is about finding alternatives-to conventional understandings of success in a heteronormative, capitalist society; to aca...
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Terrence Malick: Filmmaker and Philosopher
PaperbackOriginal price $32.95 - Original price $32.95Original price $32.95$46.99$46.99 - $46.99Current price $46.99| /Many critics have approached Terrence Malick's work from a philosophical perspective, arguing that his films express philosophy through cinema. W...
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The Philosophy of Ang Lee
HardcoverOriginal price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00$47.99$47.99 - $47.99Current price $47.99| /Ang Lee (b. 1954) has emerged as one of cinema's most versatile, critically acclaimed, and popular directors. Known for his ability to transcend ...
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The Philosophy of the Western
HardcoverOriginal price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price $40.00$52.99$52.99 - $52.99Current price $52.99| /There are few genres that capture the hearts of their audiences like the Western. While they are not always true to it, Westerns are tied to, and...
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Thinking on Screen: Film as Philosophy / Edition 1
PaperbackOriginal price $46.95 - Original price $46.95Original price $46.95$63.99$63.99 - $63.99Current price $63.99| /Thinking on Screen: Film as Philosophy is an accessible and thought-provoking examination of the way films raise and explore complex philosophica...
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The Philosophy of Christopher Nolan
HardcoverOriginal price $117.00 - Original price $117.00Original price $117.00$143.99$143.99 - $143.99Current price $143.99| /The Philosophy of Christopher Nolan collects sixteen essays written by philosophers and film theorists analyzing moral, metaphysical, epistemolog...
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Cultural Theory in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock
HardcoverOriginal price $110.00 - Original price $110.00Original price $110.00$129.99$129.99 - $129.99Current price $129.99| /This book considers several aspects of Alfred Hitchcock's filmmaking from philosophical and social scientific points of view. Its principal aim is ...
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Uncanny Cinema: Agonies of the Viewing Experience
PaperbackOriginal price $39.95 - Original price $39.95Original price $39.95$55.99$55.99 - $55.99Current price $55.99| /Murray Pomerance's latest book explores an encyclopedic range of films and television shows to demonstrate the difficulty of conveying the experi...
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Casablanca's Conscience
PaperbackOriginal price $25.00 - Original price $25.00Original price $25.00$25.99$25.99 - $25.99Current price $25.99| /A new look at a beloved classic film that explores the philosophical dynamics of CasablancaCelebrating its eightieth anniversary this year, Casab...
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The Ashtray: (Or the Man Who Denied Reality)
PaperbackOriginal price $25.00Original price $25.00 - Original price $25.00Original price $25.00Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /Filmmaker Errol Morris offers his perspective on the world and his powerful belief in the necessity of truth. In 1972, philosopher of science Th...
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A Critical Companion to Wes Craven
HardcoverOriginal price $120.00 - Original price $120.00Original price $120.00$147.99$147.99 - $147.99Current price $147.99| /In A Critical Companion to Wes Craven, contributors use a variety of theoretical frameworks to analyze distinct areas of Craven's work, including e...
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