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"Robert B. Pippin is the Evelyn Stefansson Nef Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago. He is the author of many books, including Filmed Through Thought: Cinema as Reflective Form (2019), Hegel's Realm of Shadows: Logic as Metaphysics in ""The Science of Logic""(2018), The Philosophical Hitchcock (2017) and Fatalism in American Noir: Some Cinematic Philosophy (2012)"
Who needs Hegel, Heidegger,or Derrida when you've got Douglas Sirk? Once again, Robert B. Pippin shows that philosophy still has a lot to learn from the movies. In the bold colors and improbable plots of Sirk's melodramas he finds important lessons not just about race, class, and gender, but also-and perhaps more importantly-about the limits of moral inquiry. * Martin Woessner, Associate Professor of History & Society, Center for Worker Education, The City College of New York (CUNY), USA * Professor Pippin's book provides extraordinary and perceptive insights into Douglas Sirk's Hollywood films. The book unravels a range of arguments with admirable clarity while paying attention to Sirk's visual style, as well to as his uses of story and character. Pippin argues that characters in these films often perform actions in ways that are beyond their understanding. This provides these films with a very particular moral atmosphere in which good characters do 'wrong' things, but in ways that, for the most part, engage our sympathy and admiration. * Richard Rushton, Senior Lecturer in Film, Lancaster University, UK *
