Film, Negation and Freedom
Capitalism and Romantic Critique
1st Edition
Published on 19. October 2023
264 pages
979-8-7651-0557-3 (ISBN)
Description
Film, Negation and Freedom: Capitalism and Romantic Critique explores cinema in relation to the critical tradition in modern philosophy and its heritage in Romantic aesthetics.
Synthesising a variety of discursive fields and traditions - including Early German Romanticism, Frankfurt School critical theory and the aesthetic philosophy of Jacques Rancière - Film, Negation and Freedom outlines a radical new approach to film by re-examining the work of Arthur Penn and Lindsay Anderson. A distinction between Light and Dark Romanticism is introduced as a means of interpreting cinema's relationship with capitalism, as well as dualistic concepts such as stillness and motion, passivity and activity, pain and pleasure. Film, Negation and Freedom revitalises our understanding of modern audio-visual media, as well as the aesthetic, philosophical and political conditions of Romantic subjectivity, artistic practice and spectatorship.
Synthesising a variety of discursive fields and traditions - including Early German Romanticism, Frankfurt School critical theory and the aesthetic philosophy of Jacques Rancière - Film, Negation and Freedom outlines a radical new approach to film by re-examining the work of Arthur Penn and Lindsay Anderson. A distinction between Light and Dark Romanticism is introduced as a means of interpreting cinema's relationship with capitalism, as well as dualistic concepts such as stillness and motion, passivity and activity, pain and pleasure. Film, Negation and Freedom revitalises our understanding of modern audio-visual media, as well as the aesthetic, philosophical and political conditions of Romantic subjectivity, artistic practice and spectatorship.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
3,92 MB
ISBN-13
979-8-7651-0557-3 (9798765105573)
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Will Kitchen was Teaching Fellow in Film Studies at the University of Southampton and Visiting Tutor at the Bournemouth Film School, Arts University Bournemouth, UK. He is the author and editor of several books on modern culture and critical theory, including Film, Negation and Freedom: Capitalism and Romantic Critique (Bloomsbury Academic, 2023), ReFocus: The Films of Lindsay Anderson (2025) and Romanticism and Film: Franz Liszt and Audio-Visual Explanation (Bloomsbury, 2020).
Content
List of Figures
Introduction
PART I
1. No Way Out: Romanticism in the Films of Arthur Penn and Lindsay Anderson
2. Romanticism After Auschwitz: The Tradition of Critical Philosophy
3. Empty Infinities: Freedom and the Doctrine of Action
PART II
4. The Artist's Calling: Mickey One (1965)
5. Enemies of Promise: O Lucky Man! (1973)
6. Dialectic of Enlightenment: The Missouri Breaks (1976)
7. The Tyranny of Spectacle: Britannia Hospital (1982)
Appendix
Bibliography
Introduction
PART I
1. No Way Out: Romanticism in the Films of Arthur Penn and Lindsay Anderson
2. Romanticism After Auschwitz: The Tradition of Critical Philosophy
3. Empty Infinities: Freedom and the Doctrine of Action
PART II
4. The Artist's Calling: Mickey One (1965)
5. Enemies of Promise: O Lucky Man! (1973)
6. Dialectic of Enlightenment: The Missouri Breaks (1976)
7. The Tyranny of Spectacle: Britannia Hospital (1982)
Appendix
Bibliography
