Overview
- Offers an original perspective on film in light of cross-cultural, environmental, postcolonial, and scientific-technological source.
- One of the first books to deal with Film in the Anthropocene.
- Includes studies of classic documentary films as well as feature films.
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This book provides an interdisciplinary analysis of film in the context of the Anthropocene: the new geological era in which human beings have collectively become a force of nature. Daniel White draws on perspectives in philosophy, ecology, and cybernetics (the science of communication and control in animals and machines) to explore human self-understanding through film in the new era. The classical figure of Janus, looking both to the future and the past, serves as a guide throughout the study. Both feature and documentary films are considered.
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Reviews
“Graduate students, scholars and professionals interested film and addressing problems posed by the rising Anthropocene might find this book useful in providing ways to think outside the box and expand thinking to be more inclusive.” (Morgan Danker, CBQ Communication Booknotes Quarterly, Vol. 51 (3-4), 2020)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Daniel White is Professor Emeritus and founding faculty member of the Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Film in the Anthropocene
Book Subtitle: Philosophy, Ecology, and Cybernetics
Authors: Daniel White
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93015-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-93014-5Published: 09 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06569-0Published: 19 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-93015-2Published: 28 July 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 341
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Philosophy of Man, Audio-Visual Culture, Cultural Anthropology