The essays presented in this volume investigate the relationship between cinema and ontology. This investigation unfolds, on the one hand, through an ontological understanding of cinema, that is, an understanding of the specificity of if its being. On the other hand, it highlights the ways in which cinema can help us to shed some light on the domain of ontology, namely, what exists. The five sections of this volume, each containing a pair of complementary essays, analyse the following topics: the place of cinema in the system of the arts, the connection between cinematic realism and philosophical realism, the transition from analog to digital cinema, the specificity of films made through cell phones, and the representation of non-human animals in films.

About the Author
Maurizio Ferraris is full Professor of Philosophy at the University of Turin, where he is the vice-Rector for Humanities Research and the President of the LabOnt - Laboratory for Ontology. He is Directeur de recherche at the 'College d'etudes mondiales' (Paris) and advisory member of the 'Center for Advanced Studies of South East Europe' (Rijeka) and of the 'Internationales Zentrum Fur Philosophie NRW'. He wrote more than fifty books that have been translated into several languages. Enrico Terrone is post-doc researcher at the University of Turin and associate researcher at College d'etudes mondiales, Paris. His recent books include Filosofia del film (2014) and Filosofia teoretica (2017). He has published several papers on journals such as the 'British Journal of Aesthetics'.


Book Information
ISBN 9788869771606
Author Maurizio Ferraris
Format Paperback
Page Count 200
Imprint Mimesis International
Publisher Mimesis International