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Ansichten und Absichten

German–language edition – Texte über populäres Kino und Politik

Drehli Robnik,  Alexander Horwath

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Synema Gesellschaft Fur Film u. Medien
08 February 2023
Dance & Performing arts
"The speculations of popular cinema are never identical to and never independent from political concepts. Serving as indexes to current and historical power relations, mainstream films propose specific ways of living and dying, of lying and speaking the truth, of forming alliances and negotiating conflict – they ""make sense."" At the same time, they invite us into a realm of the senses where objects and feelings move to a different drumbeat. In film and politics, agency and insight often rear their heads in unexpected places. As Siegfried Kracauer has observed: ""Effects can at any time turn into causes.""

In his books and articles, Austrian critic and theorist Drehli Robik has investigated this contested terrain for more than three decades. The depth and esprit of his approach place him in a tradition which Jean-Pierre Gorin has called ""the way of the termite"" – a mode of thinking that finds unconventional paths towards ""White Elephants"" and supposedly minor subjects alike. This volume collects some of Robnik's most significant scholarly essays, contributions to pop music magazines and film journals, and samples from his work as a philosophical ""edutainer."" It draws the map of a cultural-political battleground where Colonel Landa and Private Ryan, Monsieur Hulot and Dr. Strangelove, Barbara Loden's loner and Jordan Peele's collective of ""Us"" all have their reasons."
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Imprint:   Synema Gesellschaft Fur Film u. Medien
Country of Publication:   Austria
Dimensions:   Height: 199mm,  Width: 171mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   552g
ISBN:   9783901644894
ISBN 10:   390164489X
Pages:   256
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Drehli Robnik (*1967) is a theorist and critic in matters of cinema and history, popular culture, and politics. Based in Vienna, he has taught at universities in Frankfurt, Vienna, and Brno and published widely since the 1990s. Among the books he has authored or (co-)edited are studies of Siegfried Kracauer, David Cronenberg, Jacques Ranci�re, 100 years of pandemic cinema, and the political theory of X-Men. He is also the editor of Siegfried Mattl's writings, distributed by CUP.

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