Dear All, The following item may be of interest (apologies for cross-posting):
Philosophy Research Seminar Robert Sinnerbrink (Macquarie) "Disenfranchising Film? On the Analytic-Cognitivist Turn in Film Theory" Tue 23 March 2010 11am-1pm W6A 720 Macquarie University Abstract The last few decades has seen an extraordinary surge of interest in the relationship between philosophy and film. We can now speak of the “philosophy of film” as an independent area of inquiry with its own competing schools, theoretical debates, and active research programs. In this paper I take the case of contemporary philosophy of film—the analytic-cognitive turn in film theory—as a case study that exemplifies the still fraught relationship between ‘analytic’ and ‘Continental’ approaches to philosophy. While crudely mapping onto what we might call ‘analytic’ versus ‘Continental’ film theory, the crucial distinction is better understood as that between a theoretical explanatory approach (philosophy of film), and an aesthetic, reflective, interpretative approach (film-philosophy). While the analytic-cognitivist film turn has resulted in powerful explanatory theories, it also risks repeating what I shall call the “philosophical disenfranchisement of film”. The philosophy of film thus requires the aesthetic, hermeneutic, and critical supplementation offered by film-philosophy (F-P), an approach that treats film as capable of engaging in philosophical reflection via cinematic means, and which opens up the possibility that philosophy might be transformed by its encounter with film. Dr. Robert Sinnerbrink Lecturer, Department of Philosophy Room 724, Building W6A, Balaclava Rd Macquarie University North Ryde, NSW 2109 Sydney Australia e-mail: [email protected] Tel: +61 2 9850 9935 Fax: +61 2 9850 8892 www.phil.mq.edu.au/staff/sinnerbrink.htm http://mq.academia.edu/RobertSinnerbrink Chair, Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy http://www.ascp.org.au/ Book review co-editor, Critical Horizons: A Journal of Philosophy and Social Theory http://www.acumenpublishing.co.uk/critical_horizons_aims.asp?TAG=&CID= Disclaimer This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and do not necessarily reflect the views of Macquarie University. _______________________________________________ SydPhil mailing list: http://sydphil.info 939 subscribers now served. To UNSUBSCRIBE, change your MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS, find ANSWERS TO COMMON PROBLEMS, or visit our ONLINE ARCHIVES, please go to the LIST INFORMATION PAGE: http://sydphil.info
