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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Cinematic realism revisited: a Kantian perspective |
Author: | Gamble, D. |
Citation: | Journal of Philosophical Research, 2016; 41:499-526 |
Publisher: | Philosophy Documentation Center |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
ISSN: | 1053-8364 2153-7984 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Denise Gamble |
Abstract: | An anti-realist stance prevalent in philosophy of film, probably less familiar to analytical than continental philosophers, raises issues that are philosophically accessible and engaging. While this anti-realist stance can be historically situated many of its constituent ideas remain influential in contemporary milieus. A common claim of anti-realism is that realist art or cinema, in part by virtue of ‘reification', is inherently ‘non-transformative’. Without rigorously refuting all manifestations of the ‘reification thesis’, key assumptions of anti-realism associated with it are challenged in this paper. An aesthetic and a political-ideological anti-realist thesis are identified and critiqued. Kant’s distinction between ‘aesthetic’ and ‘mechanical art’ provides a basis for defending a form of cinematic realism that vindicates its potential transformative power. The Kantian framework provides a reference point for a comparative analysis of Brecht’s and Lukács’ views on anti-realism versus realism as well as for a favourable reconsideration of Andre Bazin’s cinematic realism. |
Rights: | © Philosophy Documentation Center |
DOI: | 10.5840/jpr20168986 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/jpr20168986 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 8 Philosophy publications |
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