{"product_id":"cinema-illuminating-reality-media-philosophy-through-buddhism-paperback","title":"Cinema Illuminating Reality: Media Philosophy Through Buddhism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVictor Fan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new critical approach to cinema and media based on Buddhism as a philosophical discourse\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow can a philosophical discourse generated in Asia help us reframe and renew cinema and media theory? \u003ci\u003eCinema Illuminating Reality\u003c\/i\u003e provides a possible way to do this by using Buddhist ideas to examine the intricate relationship between technicity and consciousness in the cinema. The resulting dialogue between Buddhism and Euro-American philosophy is the first of its kind in film and media studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictor Fan examines cinema's ontology and ontogenetic formation and how such a formational process produces knowledge, political agency, and in-aesthetics. Buddhism allows Fan to deconstruct binary thinking and reimagine media as an ecology, rethinking cinema in relational terms between the human and the machine. Along the way, Fan considers a wide variety of case studies from around the globe, while paying special attention to how contemporary Tibeto-Sinophone filmmakers have adopted relational thinking to detail ways of rebuilding a world that appears to be beyond repair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Chinese queer cinema to a reexamination of Japanese master Ozu's work and its historical reception to Christian Petzold's 2018 existential thriller \u003ci\u003eTransit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCinema\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIlluminating Reality\u003c\/i\u003e forges a remarkable path between Buddhist studies and cinema studies, casting vital new light on both of these important subjects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictor Fan is reader in film and media philosophy in the Department of Film Studies, King's College London. He is author of \u003ci\u003eCinema Approaching Reality: Locating Chinese Film Theory\u003c\/i\u003e (Minnesota, 2015) and \u003ci\u003eExtraterritoriality: Locating Hong Kong Cinema and Media\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.5 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42158433271943,"sku":"9781517909925","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/6d21817ace84802e41bea646d896016e.webp?v=1733258760","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/cinema-illuminating-reality-media-philosophy-through-buddhism-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}