Levinas and the Cinema of Redemption: Time, Ethics, and the Feminine

(Part of the Film and Culture Series Series)

by Sam B. Girgus

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In his philosophy of ethics and time, Emmanuel Levinas highlighted the tension that exists between the "ontological adventure" of immediate experience and the "ethical adventure" of redemptive relationships-associations in which absolute responsibility engenders a transcendence of being and self.

In an original commingling of philosophy and cinema study, Sam B. Girgus applies Levinas's ethics to a variety of international films. His efforts...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0231147651

ISBN13:9780231147651

Release Date:April 2010

Publisher:Columbia University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.9" x 9.4"

Age Range:22 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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Arts, Music & Photography Performing Arts Philosophy

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