Cinema pessimism : a political theory of representation and reciprocity /

'Cinema Pessimism' explores the challenges of representative democracy through film. Film allows us to see the problems of democracy from a unique perspective, illuminating dangers that are not always visible to us either from day-to-day experience or the classics of democratic theory. Jos...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dienstag, Joshua Foa, 1965-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Subjects:	Politics in motion pictures. Democracy in motion pictures. Representative government and representation in motion pictures. Pessimism. Pessimism > Political aspects. Reciprocity (Psychology) Political science > Philosophy. Politique au cinéma. Pessimisme. Pessimisme > Aspect politique. Réciprocité (Psychologie) History & Criticism. Film & Video. PERFORMING ARTS. Political. PHILOSOPHY. History & Theory. POLITICAL SCIENCE. Pessimism Pessimism > Political aspects Political science > Philosophy Politics in motion pictures Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
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.