As the spread of knowledge and even theory becomes an increasingly audiovisual affair, how can philosophy adapt in ways that develop
rather than dilute
philosophical rigor and specificity? How can philosophy harness the potential of audiovisual media
being more formally multidimensional than text-only
to conceptualize with greater precision and depth?
This book presents a theory of formal development of philosophy in this regard: a theory of cinecepts. While spanning film, media, art, and critical theories as well as philosophy, this study proceeds mainly through a close reimagination of the work of Gilles Deleuze, which allows for a merging of what he kept separated: filmic thinking and philosophical conceptualization. Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marie Mieville's underexplored 1970s Sonimage works are also the subject of extensive examination, along with critical considerations of a contemporary era of academic video essays and phenomena like philosophy channels on YouTube.
By:
Jakob Nilsson
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781474499989
ISBN 10: 1474499988
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 15 February 2024
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Acknowledgements Preface Introduction Chapter 1. Towards a Theory of Cinecepts: A Reorganization of Deleuze's Categories Chapter 2. Setting the Stage: 2 or 3 Things, Le Gai Savoir, and Ici et Ailleurs Chapter 3. The Problem of the New: Ideas, Cinema, Concepts Chapter 4. Sonimage: A Problem Space and Six Embryonic Cinecepts Chapter 5. Rapprochement, Concepts, and Cineceptual Form Chapter 6. Scholarly Video Essays: A Critical Examination and A Cineceptual Alternative Chapter 7. Notes on Cinecepts as Multimedia Practice Abbreviations of Works by Gilles Deleuze References
Jakob A. Nilsson is Assistant Professor of Film Studies at Orebro University
Reviews for Cinecepts, Deleuze, and Godard-Miéville: Developing Philosophy Through Audiovisual Media
This book closely examines the interconnections between cinema and philosophy; in line with, but also moving beyond Deleuze. The words ""cinema"" and ""concepts"" are here tightly bound up to shape a new theoretical development of audio-visual philosophy. It comes close to a specific version of what I have called ""Image-Thinking"". - Mieke Bal, author of Image-Thinking: Artmaking as Cultural Analysis