The Films of Lars von Trier and Philosophy Provocations and Engagements 1st edition by José 3030249182 9783030249182

The Films of Lars von Trier and Philosophy and Engagements 1st edition by José A. Haro – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 3030249182, 9783030249182

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• ISBN 10: 3030249182
• ISBN 13: 9783030249182
• Author: José

The films of Lars von Trier offer unique opportunities for thinking deeply about how Philosophy and Cinema speak to one another. The book addresses von Trier’s films in order of their release. The earlier chapters discuss his Golden Heart trilogy and USA: Land of Opportunities series by addressing issues of potential misogyny, ethical critique, and racial justice. The later chapters focus on his Depression Trilogy and address the undermining of gender binaries, the psychoanalytic meaning of the sacrifice of children and depression, and philosophical questions provoked by the depiction of the end of the world. Taken together, the volume explores the topics of Philosophical Psychology, Social Theory, Political Theory, Theories of the Self, Philosophy of Race, and Feminist Thought, and opens a conversation about von Trier’s important work.

Table of contents:

1. Introduction: Provocation to Philosophy

2. The Ass I Kick Today May Be the Ass I’ll Have to Kiss Tomorrow: What’s Up with the Sacrifice of Women in the Films of Lars von Trier?

3. Film as Phantasm: Dogville’s Cinematic Re-evaluation of Values

4. Manderlay and the Universe of American Whiteness

5. Art and Myth: Beyond Binaries

6. The Need of the Antichrist to Tame the Wild Tongue of Nosotras

7. Lars von Trier: Traversing the Fantasy of the Child

8. Melancholia’s End

9. Would It Be Bad If the Human Race Ceased to Exist? Melancholia and the Import of Human Existence

10. It Is There in the Beginning: Melancholia, Time, and Death

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