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Deleuze's Cinema Books

Three Introductions to the Taxonomy of Images

David Deamer author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Edinburgh University Press

Published:30th Sep '16

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Deleuze's two Cinema books explore film through the creation of a series of philosophical concepts. Not only bewildering in number, Deleuze's writing procedures mean his exegesis is both complex and elusive. Three questions emerge: What are the underlying principles of the taxonomy? How many concepts are there, and what do they describe? How might each be used in engaging with a film?
David Deamer's book is the first to fully respond to these three questions, unearthing the philosophies inspiring Deleuze's classifications, exploring every concept and reading a film for each. Clearly and concisely mapping the Cinema books for newcomers to Deleuzian film studies, Deamer also opens up new areas of enquiry for expert readers.
Key Features:An interpretation of Bergson's Matter and Memory through Deleuze's Bergsonism describing the ground of Deleuze's film-philosophy;A reading of Peirce's semiosis from Pragmatism and Pragmaticism explicating the genesis and components of the movement-image;An examination of Deleuze's syntheses of time, space and consciousness from Difference and Repetition illuminating the genesis and components of the time-image; Concise engagements with each of the cinematic signs to assist reading Deleuze's Cinema books, as well as commentaries and monographs that draw upon them;44 film readings one for each cinematic sign to clarify their application.

ISBN: 9781474407687

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 706g

400 pages