Classic Questions and Contemporary Film
Author | : Dean A. Kowalski |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 2015-08-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781118585603 |
ISBN-13 | : 1118585607 |
Rating | : 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Featuring significant revisions and updates, Classic Questions and Contemporary Film: An Introduction to Philosophy, 2nd Edition uses popular movies as a highly accessible framework for introducing key philosophical concepts Explores 28 films with 18 new to this edition, including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Hotel Rwanda, V for Vendetta, and Memento Discusses numerous philosophical issues not covered in the first edition, including a new chapter covering issues of personal identity, the meaningfulness of life and death, and existentialism Offers a rich pedagogical framework comprised of key classic readings, chapter learning outcomes, jargon-free argument analysis, critical thinking and trivia questions, a glossary of terms, and textboxes with notes on the movies discussed Revised to be even more accessible to beginning philosophers