Cinema and Agamben : ethics, biopolitics and the moving image / edited by Henrik Gustafsson and Asbjørn Grønstad.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gustafsson, Henrik, editor.

Grønstad, Asbjørn, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agamben, Giorgio, 1942-.

Motion pictures--Moral and ethical aspects.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Philosophy.

Agamben, Giorgio, 1942---Criticism and interpretation.

Agamben, Giorgio.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

x, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Bloomsbury, 2014.

Contents:

Silence, gesture, revelation: the ethics and aesthetics of montage in Godard and Agamben / James S. Williams

Passion, Agamben and the gestures of work / Libby Saxton

Gesture, time, movement: David Claerbout meets Giorgio Agamben on the Boulevard du temple / Janet Harbord

Film-of-life: Agamben's profanation of the image / Benjamin Noys

Biopolitics of gesture: cinema and the neurological body / Pasi Väliaho

Propositions for a gestural cinema: on "ciné-trances" and Jean Rouch's ritual documentaries / João Mário Grilo

Engaging hand to hand with the moving image: Serra, Viola and Grandrieux's radical gestures / Silvia Casini

Counterfactual, potential, virtual: toward a philosophical cinematics / Garrett Stewart

Montage and the dark margin of the archive / Trond Lundemo

Remnants of Palestine, or, archaeology after Auschwitz / Henrik Gustafsson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781623564360

1623564360

OCLC:

861754996