Katalin Makkai - Vertigo

Philosophers on Film

In recent years, the use of film in teaching and practicing philosophy has moved to center stage. Film is increasingly used to introduce key topics and problems in philosophy, from ethics and aesthetics to epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind. It is also acknowledged that some films raise important philosophical questions of their own. Yet until now, dependable resources for teachers and students of philosophy using film have remained very limited. Philosophers on Film answers this growing need and is the first series of its kind.

Each volume assembles a team of international contributors to explore a single film in depth, making the series ideal for classroom use. Beginning with an introduction by the editor, each specially-commissioned chapter will discuss a key aspect of the film in question. Additional features include a biography of the director and suggestions for further reading.

Philosophers on Film is an ideal series for students studying philosophy and film, aesthetics, and ethics, and for anyone interested in the philosophical dimensions of cinema.

Available

• Talk to Her , edited by A. W. Eaton
• The Thin Red Line , edited by David Davies
• Memento , edited by Andre Kania
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind , edited by Christopher Grau
• Fight Club , edited by Thomas Wartenberg

Forthcoming

• Blade Runner , edited by Amy Coplan
• Mulholland Drive , edited by Zina Giannopoulou

First published 2013
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Vertigo/edited by Katalin Makkai.

p. cm. (Philosophers on film)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Vertigo (Motion picture: 1958) 2. Hitchcock, Alfred, 18991980Criticism and interpretation. I. Makkai, Katalin.

PN1997.V479V47 2013

ISBN: 978-0-415-49446-5 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-0-415-49447-2 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-0-203-10057-8 (ebk)

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