ABSTRACT
European Film Theory explores the ‘Europeanness’ of European film theory, its philosophical origins, the ‘culture wars’ between ‘Continental’ and ‘Analytical’ film theory and philosophy, the major discursive and epistemological shifts in the history of Continental film theory, the relationship between Continental philosophy of art and philosophy of history and European film theory. Writing from a range of disciplines and perspectives, the contributors to this new volume in the AFI FILM READERS series offer fresh interpretations of European film theorists and illuminate the political potential of European film theory.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
part one: european fi lm theory
part |2 pages
part two: fi lm and philosophy
part |2 pages
part three: politics, history, ideology and fi lm theory
part |2 pages
part four: aesthetics and fi lm theory
part |2 pages
part fi ve: realism revisited