192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book utilizes philosophical tools to build up a framework for the classification, analysis and assessment of political cinema. The author first maps the category of political cinema, clarifying what it means for a film to be ‘political’, and then analyzes the relation between the value of a film as a political film and its value as art.
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Introduction; 1. The ‘political’ of political cinema; 2. The purpose of political cinema; 3. Political cinema and propaganda; 4. Epistemic values in art; 5. Epistemic values afforded by political films; 6. Film as thought experiment; 7. Imaginative and emotional engagement with political cinema; Conclusion; References; Filmography
Biography
Angelo Emanuele Cioffi studied Political Theory and Cultural Policies at the Universities of Pavia and Warwick and received his PhD in History and Philosophy of Art from the University of Kent. He teaches ‘English for the Arts’ at ‘LABA’ Fine Arts Academy and Literature at a high school in Brescia.
