Examined life / directed by Astra Taylor.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Taylor, Astra, director.

Imperial, Bill, producer.

Marin, Lea, producer.

Alexander Street Press.

Sphinx Productions, production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Life.

Philosophy and civilization.

Philosophy, Modern--21st century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (89 minutes)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Zeitgeist, 2008.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today's most influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas. Peter Singer's thoughts on the ethics of consumption are amplified against the backdrop of Fifth Avenue's posh boutiques. Slavoj Zizek questions current beliefs about the environment while sifting through a garbage dump. Michael Hardt ponders the nature of revolution while surrounded by symbols of wealth and leisure. Judith Butler and a friend stroll through San Francisco's Mission District questioning our culture's fixation on individualism. And while driving through Manhattan, Cornel West -- perhaps America's best-known public intellectual -- compares philosophy to jazz and blues, reminding us how intense and invigorating a life of the mind can be. Offering privileged moments with great thinkers from fields ranging from moral philosophy to cultural theory, Examined Life reveals philosophy's power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed November 19, 2015).

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Access Restriction:

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