Contemporary Cinema and the Philosophy of Iris Murdoch
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Contemporary Cinema and the Philosophy of Iris Murdoch

  1. 249 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Contemporary Cinema and the Philosophy of Iris Murdoch

About this book

Iris Murdoch was not only one of post-war Britain's most celebrated and prolific novelists – she was also an influential philosopher, whose work was concerned with the question of the good and how we can see our moral worlds more clearly. Murdoch believed that paying attention to art is a way for us to become less self-centred, and this book argues that cinema is the perfect form of art to enable us to do this. Bringing together Murdoch's moral philosophy and contemporary cinema to build a dialogue about vision, ethics and love, author Lucy Bolton encourages us to view cinema as a way of studying other worlds and moral journeys, and to reflect upon their ethical significance in the world of the film and in our daily lives.

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Table of contents

  1. Figures
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Abbreviations
  4. Frontispiece: Iris Murdoch pays loving attention to art
  5. CHAPTER 1 Introduction: Thinking about Cinema and Iris Murdoch
  6. CHAPTER 2 Film as Art, and Cinema as a Hall of Reflection
  7. CHAPTER 3 Film as a Moral Fable
  8. CHAPTER 4 Film and the Existential Hero(ine)
  9. CHAPTER 5 Film, Love and Goodness
  10. CHAPTER 6 Film, Comedy and Tragedy
  11. CHAPTER 7 Film and Women’s Stories
  12. CHAPTER 8 Metaphysics as a Guide to Movies
  13. Bibliography
  14. Filmography
  15. Index