Known as the ‘Georgian Socrates’ of Soviet philosophy, Merab Mamardashvili was a defining personality of the late-Soviet intelligentsia. In the 1970s and 1980s, he taught required courses in philosophy at Russia’s two leading film schools, helping to educate a generation of internationally prolific directors. Exploring Mamardashvili’s extensive philosophical output, as well as a range of recent Russian films, Alyssa DeBlasio reveals the intellectual affinities amongst directors of the Mamardashvili generation – including Alexander Sokurov, Andrey Zvyagintsev and Alexei Balabanov. This multidisciplinary study offers an innovative way to think about film, philosophy and the philosophical potential of the moving image.
Produktinformation
Utgivningsdatum2019-10-21
Mått156 x 234 x 13 mm
Vikt476 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor216
FörlagEdinburgh University Press
ISBN9781474444484
UtmärkelserShort-listed for American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages: Best Book in Cultural Studies 2020
Alyssa DeBlasio is Associate Professor of Russian at Dickinson College, where she also contributes to the Film Studies and Philosophy programs.
AcknowledgementsNotes on TransliterationIntroduction: The Freest Man in the USSRChapter One: Alexander Sokurov’s Demoted (1980): Consciousness as CelebrationChapter Two: Ivan Dykhovichnyi’s The Black Monk (1988): Madness, Chekhov, and the Chimera of IdlenessChapter Three: Dmitry Mamuliya’s Another Sky (2010): The Language of ConsciousnessChapter Four: Alexei Balabanov’s The Castle (1994) and Me Too (2012): Kafka, the Absurd, and the Death of FormChapter Five: Alexander Zeldovich’s Target (2011): Tolstoy and Mamardashvili on the Infinite and the EarthlyChapter Six: Vadim Abdrashitov and Alexander Mindadze’s The Train Stopped (1982): Film as a Metaphor for ConsciousnessConclusion: Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Loveless (2017): The Philosophical Image and the Possibilities of FilmBibliographyAppendix
The Filmmaker’s Philosopher is a highly effective text that handles complex, ever-elusive philosophical thinking with great confidence and clarity. It will undoubtedly be useful to a great variety of researchers, from Mamardashvili scholars to film-philosophers who are yet to discover his invigorating ideas.
