The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film

Part 1: Issues and Concepts  1. Acting  Johannes Riis  2. Authorship  Aaron Meskin  3. Censorship  Susan Dwyer  4. Consciousness  Murray Smith  5. Definition of 'Cinema' Trevor Ponech  6. Depiction  Robert Hopkins  7. Digital Cinema  Berys Gaut  8. Emotion and Affect  Carl Plantinga  9. Empathy and Character Engagement  Amy Coplan  10. Ethics  Folke Tersman  11. Film as Art  Robert Stecker  12. Formalism Katherine Thomson-Jones  13. Gender  Angela Curran and Carol Donelan  14. Genre Brian Laetz and Dominic McIver Lopes  15. Interpretation  George Wilson  16. Medium Kevin Sweeney  17. Music  Jeff Smith  18. Narration  Noël Carroll  19. Narrative Closure  Noël Carroll  20. Ontology  David Davies  21. Race  Dan Flory  22. Realism  Andrew Kania  23. Spectatorship  Carl Plantinga  24. Sound  Giorgio Biancorosso  25. Style  Noël Carroll  26. Violence  Stephen Prince  Part 2: Authors and Trends  27. Rudolph Arnheim  Jinhee Choi  28. Walter Benjamin  Stéphane Symons  29. David Bordwell  Patrick Colm Hogan  30. Bertolt Brecht  Angela Curran  31. Noël Carroll  Jonathan Frome  32. Stanley Cavell  William Rothman  33. Cognitive Theory  David Bordwell  34. Gilles Deleuze  Ronald Bogue  35. Sergei Eisenstein David Bordwell  36. Christian Metz  Francesco Casetti  37. Jean Mitry  Brian Lewis  38. Edgar Morin  Dudley Andrew  39. Hugo Munsterberg  Don Fredericksen  40. Phenomenology  Vivian Sobchack  41. Psychoanalysis  Richard Allen  42. Semiotics and Semiology  Joseph Kickasola  43. Ludwig Wittgenstein  Malcolm Turvey 

Paisley Livingston is Professor of Philosophy at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. He is the author of Art and Intention: A Philosophical Study, and coeditor (with Berys Gaut) of The Creation of Art: New Essays in Philosophical Aesthetics.
Carl Plantinga is Professor of Film Studies in the Communication Arts and Sciences Department at Calvin College, USA. He is the author of Rhetoric and Representation in Nonfiction Film, and coeditor (with Greg M. Smith) of Passionate Views: Film, Cognition and Emotion.

'A fascinating, rich volume offering dazzling insights and incisive commentary on every page, the book not only covers a wide range of concerns and concepts but is also organized and presented in a clear, straightforward manner. Every serious student of film will want this book, which could also serve as a text in advanced film-theory classes. Summing Up: Highly recommended.' - CHOICE 'The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film features incisive, illuminating, well-documented essays authored by a wide range of established major players and a new generation of philosophers of film. This book will be a godsend for teachers of the subject at all levels as well as an indispensable reference volume for anyone interested in exploring the invitation to philosophical reflection that the medium of film inexorably extends to us.' - Nancy Bauer, Tufts University, USA 'This volume distinguishes itself from its competitors by the richness of insight that results from its willingness to acknowledge and explore the sheer variety of ways in which cinema calls for, and can even put in question, the standing interests and concerns of philosophers'.- Stephen Mulhall, New College Oxford, UK

"Many of the entries offer insightful readings of particular films and filmmakers. ... [C]omprehensive and high-quality coverage of the main concepts, authors, trends, and issues within film and philosophy. As such, this will no doubt be a valuable resource, suitable in particular for those who are approaching the field for the first time or those seeking an overview of a particular concept." - The British Journal of Aesthetics

"A fascinating, rich volume offering dazzling insights and incisive commentary on every page, the book not only covers a wide range of concerns and concepts but is also organized and presented in a clear, straightforward manner. Every serious student of film will want this book, which could also serve as a text in advanced film-theory classes. Summing Up: Highly recommended.' - Choice

"The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film features incisive, illuminating, well-documented essays authored by a wide range of established major players and a new generation of philosophers of film. This book will be a godsend for teachers of the subject at all levels as well as an indispensable reference volume for anyone interested in exploring the invitation to philosophical reflection that the medium of film inexorably extends to us." - Nancy Bauer, Tufts University, USA

"This volume distinguishes itself from its competitors by the richness of insight that results from its willingness to acknowledge and explore the sheer variety of ways in which cinema calls for, and can even put in question, the standing interests and concerns of philosophers".- Stephen Mulhall, New College Oxford