Georges Didi-Huberman and Film: The Politics of the Image

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Georges Didi-Huberman and Film: The Politics of the Image
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Dr Alison Smith
SeriesFilm Thinks
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:184
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreTheory of art
Film theory and criticism
Philosophy - aesthetics
ISBN/Barcode 9781350193383
ClassificationsDewey:791.4301
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publication Date 30 June 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Georges Didi-Huberman is a philosopher of images whose work is overdue for attention from English-language readers. Since the publication of his first book in 1982, he has published 46 essays, mostly with the prestigious Editions de Minuit, on topics ranging from monographs on individual artists to critical excursions into political philosophy. He is recognised in France and elsewhere in Europe as one of the foremost philosophers of the image writing today. In Georges Didi-Huberman and Film, Alison Smith concentrates on how Didi-Huberman's work has been informed by cinema, especially in his major (and ongoing) recent work L'Oeil de l'Histoire (The Eye of History). The book traces the development of Didi-Huberman's visual thought towards a cinematic sensibility already inherent in his early work on images in relationship to each other. After exploring his increasingly political understanding of the vital role of cinematic montage, it traces his growing understanding of cinema as a medium for expressing a dynamic representation of peoples' memory and experience, and documents his engagement with contemporary filmmakers such as Laura Waddington and Vincent Dieutre.

Author Biography

Alison Smith is Lecturer of Film Studies in the School of Histories, Languages and Cultures at the University of Liverpool, UK. She has a special interest in French cinema and the film-related thought of Georges Didi-Huberman.