Intermedialities: Political Theory and Cinematic Experience
Understanding democracy through film philosophy and political theory
 
Shining new light on our understanding of cinema’s ways of political thinking, Intermedialities: Political Theory and Cinematic Experience puts modern political theory in conversation with the philosophy of film. Davide Panagia argues that there are no natural laws of association that can guarantee a template for democratic participation, as democracy is predicated not on stabilizing foundations but rather on the formation of expansive collectivities and institutions that are responsive to alterability. Instead, democracy requires a relational ontology, one that he elucidates by turning to philosophers of film like Stanley Cavell, Gilles Deleuze, Miriam Hansen, and Jean-Luc Godard—all of whom have articulated a political aesthetic of cinematic experience that is at once aspectual and compositional. Panagia reads these thinkers alongside a countertradition of modern political thought, represented by David Hume, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Gilbert Simondon. His articulation of cinematic experience thus allows for a political aesthetic that is rooted in the migratory realities of undetermined relations.
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Intermedialities: Political Theory and Cinematic Experience
Understanding democracy through film philosophy and political theory
 
Shining new light on our understanding of cinema’s ways of political thinking, Intermedialities: Political Theory and Cinematic Experience puts modern political theory in conversation with the philosophy of film. Davide Panagia argues that there are no natural laws of association that can guarantee a template for democratic participation, as democracy is predicated not on stabilizing foundations but rather on the formation of expansive collectivities and institutions that are responsive to alterability. Instead, democracy requires a relational ontology, one that he elucidates by turning to philosophers of film like Stanley Cavell, Gilles Deleuze, Miriam Hansen, and Jean-Luc Godard—all of whom have articulated a political aesthetic of cinematic experience that is at once aspectual and compositional. Panagia reads these thinkers alongside a countertradition of modern political thought, represented by David Hume, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Gilbert Simondon. His articulation of cinematic experience thus allows for a political aesthetic that is rooted in the migratory realities of undetermined relations.
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Intermedialities: Political Theory and Cinematic Experience

Intermedialities: Political Theory and Cinematic Experience

by Davide Panagia
Intermedialities: Political Theory and Cinematic Experience

Intermedialities: Political Theory and Cinematic Experience

by Davide Panagia

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Understanding democracy through film philosophy and political theory
 
Shining new light on our understanding of cinema’s ways of political thinking, Intermedialities: Political Theory and Cinematic Experience puts modern political theory in conversation with the philosophy of film. Davide Panagia argues that there are no natural laws of association that can guarantee a template for democratic participation, as democracy is predicated not on stabilizing foundations but rather on the formation of expansive collectivities and institutions that are responsive to alterability. Instead, democracy requires a relational ontology, one that he elucidates by turning to philosophers of film like Stanley Cavell, Gilles Deleuze, Miriam Hansen, and Jean-Luc Godard—all of whom have articulated a political aesthetic of cinematic experience that is at once aspectual and compositional. Panagia reads these thinkers alongside a countertradition of modern political thought, represented by David Hume, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Gilbert Simondon. His articulation of cinematic experience thus allows for a political aesthetic that is rooted in the migratory realities of undetermined relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780810147102
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Publication date: 07/15/2024
Series: Superimpositions
Pages: 168
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

DAVIDE PANAGIA is a professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Political Theory and Cinematic Experience
Chapter 1: Intermediality and the Moviola
Chapter 2: An Intermediality of Adveniences
Chapter 3: Intermedial Relations
Chapter 4: An Intermediality of Aspects
Coda: Politics, Criticism, and the Intermediality of Cinematic Experience
Notes
Bibliography
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