Joan Ramon Resina is Professor of Iberian and Latin American Cultures and Comparative Literature, Stanford University, USA. He is the author and editor of many books most recently The Ghost in the Constitution: Historical Memory and Denial in Spanish Society (2017) and Joseph Pla: The World Seen in the Form of Articles (2017).

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Ludwig2. Death in Venice3. The DamnedConclusionBibliographyIndex

An original, productive approach to a major filmmaker with unmistakable philosophical relevance, makes a major contribution not just to the study of Visconti’s legacy but to the exploration of the dialogue between film, history and philosophy.

Joan Ramon Resina is Professor of Iberian and Latin American Cultures and Comparative Literature, Stanford University, USA. He is the author and editor of many books most recently The Ghost in the Constitution: Historical Memory and Denial in Spanish Society (2017) and Joseph Pla: The World Seen in the Form of Articles (2017).

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Ludwig2. Death in Venice3. The DamnedConclusionBibliographyIndex

An original, productive approach to a major filmmaker with unmistakable philosophical relevance, makes a major contribution not just to the study of Visconti’s legacy but to the exploration of the dialogue between film, history and philosophy.

Joan Ramon Resina is Professor of Iberian and Latin American Cultures and Comparative Literature, Stanford University, USA. He is the author and editor of many books most recently The Ghost in the Constitution: Historical Memory and Denial in Spanish Society (2017) and Joseph Pla: The World Seen in the Form of Articles (2017).

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Ludwig2. Death in Venice3. The DamnedConclusionBibliographyIndex

An original, productive approach to a major filmmaker with unmistakable philosophical relevance, makes a major contribution not just to the study of Visconti’s legacy but to the exploration of the dialogue between film, history and philosophy.