The techne of giving : cinema and the generous form of life / Timothy C. Campbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Timothy C., author.

Series:

Commonalities.

Commonalities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Moral and ethical aspects.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Philosophy.

Motion pictures--Italy--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2017.

Summary:

In a neoliberal milieu of charitable gift-giving, nearly everything given and received becomes the subject of a calculus. Is there another way to conceive of generosity? What would giving and receiving without gifts look like? Bringing political philosophy together with classical Italian cinema, Timothy Campbell opens up the possibility of a generous form of life irreducible to contemporary biopower.

Contents:

THE TECHNE OF GIVING

CONTENTS

PREFACE: UNCOMMON GRIPS

1 FORMS OF LIFE IN A MILIEU OF BIOPOWER

2 FREEING THE APPARATUS

3 "DEAD WEIGHT": VISCONTI AND FORMS OF LIFE

4 PLAYFUL FALLS IN A MILIEU OF CONTAGION

5 THE TENDER LIVES OF VITTI/VITTORIA

CONCLUSION: ATTENTION, NOT AUTOPSY

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

NOTES

INDEX.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8232-7330-X

0-8232-7327-X

0-8232-7329-6