Transformational Ethics of Film

Thinking the Cinemakeover in the Film-Philosophy Debate

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by Martin P. Rossouw

Type

Essays

Subject

Theory

Keywords

philosophy

Publishing date

2021

Publisher

Brill

Collection

Philosophy of Film

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 334 pages
6 ½ x 9 ¾ inches (16.5 x 25 cm)

ISBN

978-90-04-45995-3

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Book Presentation:
Charting new routes for film ethics, Transformational Ethics of Film develops a critical account of the ethics of personal transformation at work within the film as philosophy debate.

About the Author:
Martin P. Rossouw, Ph.D. (2019), University of Groningen, is chair of the Department of Art History and Image Studies, University of the Free State, South Africa, where he teaches as senior lecturer in the Programme of Film and Visual Media.

Press Reviews:
"Martin Rossouw's engaging, rigorous, and original book on the 'film-philosophy' movement breaks new ground in the 'film as philosophy' debate. By exploring film-philosophers' implicit commitments to a 'transformational ethics', he deepens our understanding of the ethical potential, as well as theoretical limits, of film-philosophy. Essential reading for anyone concerned with film and philosophy." - Dr. Robert Sinnerbrink (Macquarie University), author of Cinematic Ethics and Terrence Malick: Filmmaker and Philosopher.

"Rossouw approaches the question of the ethical impact of film upon its audience in a refreshing and original manner. Using Johann Visagie's theory of ethical transformation, Rossouw posits a complex process by means of which members of a film's audience can come to enhance their moral perspective. This is an important work that all those interested in the relationship between film and ethics will have to take seriously." - Thomas E. Wartenberg (Mount Holyoke College), author of Thinking on Screen: Film as Philosophy and Mel Bochner: Illustrating Philosophy

See the publisher website: Brill