An account of Leibniz's influence on Deleuze's philosophy
Mathew Abbott presents a powerful new film-philosophy through the cinema of Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami. Mathew Abbott argues that Kiarostami’s films carry out cinematic thinking: they do not just illustrate pre-existing philosophical ideas, but do real philosophical work.
Celebrates the variety and richness of Arabic-language cinema by analysing 28 films released between 1933 and 2021, including Muhammad Khan's 'Dreams of Hind and Camilia' (1989), Moufida Tlatli's 'Silences of the Palace' (1994) and Elia Suleiman's 'Divine Intervention' (2002).
Examining a single broad tribal identity – al-Azd – from the immediate pre-Islamic period into the early Abbasid era, this book notes the ways it was continually refashioned over that time.
Examining a single broad tribal identity – al-Azd – from the immediate pre-Islamic period into the early Abbasid era, this book notes the ways it was continually refashioned over that time.
Exploring how the figure of the vampire has been infused with the language of science, disease and apocalypse, while the zombie text has... Læs mere
Combining recent insights from animal studies, critical plant studies and the new materialisms, Danielle Sands reads the... Læs mere
What is the connection between Victorian writing and experiment? Artful Experiments seeks to approach the field of literature and... Læs mere
Studying the careers of popular actors Amedeo Nazzari and Alberto Sordi, Acting Across Borders explores the question of how Italian cinema from the 1930s to 1980s has considered human mobility.
This book reveals a distinct but comparable concern with cultural defence and revivalism in fin-de-siècle Scotland, evident in the... Læs mere
This book reveals a distinct but comparable concern with cultural defence and revivalism in fin-de-siècle Scotland, evident in the work of a number of writers and... Læs mere
This book probes the feminist faultlines in Derrida’s thought and generates original feminist insight into key concerns of contemporary film studies, including spectatorship, realism vs artifice, narrative, adaptation, auto/biography and the still.