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Cinema pessimism : a political theory of representation and reciprocity /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dienstag, Joshua Foa, 1965- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Motion pictures > Political aspects.
Motion pictures > Philosophy.
Representative government and representation > Philosophy.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Experiments in the representative condition
  • Citizenship in an age of representation : Her and Us
  • Blade Runner's humanism
  • The legitimacy of representation : The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
  • Representing evil : Von Trier's werewolves
  • The Up series and the future of representation
  • Conclusion: Cinema pessimism.